Friends, Fellowship and Food

We were delighted to have our good friends Jason, Joni, Enzo and Julia up from Massachusetts this weekend. Marshall and Shaylen love playing with Enzo. If our basement was any indication of the fun they had...well...it looked like a tornado went through it...they had a blast! Marshall and Shaylen are beginning to love baby Julia like a sister. Marshall begged to hold her all weekend. She is growing so fast and getting cuter by the minute. I just wanted to gobble her up!

Friday night Joni and I were able to go to Starbucks after the kids went to bed. We sat and enjoyed a nice long chat over a vanilla bean frappucino (Joni) and a raspberry mocha (me). We always run out of time before we run out of conversation. When we got back, the guys were watching football and groaning from eating too much cookie dough. (I know, you're shocked!)

On Saturday morning the guys went to the Men's Breakfast and feasted on steak, sausage, bacon, donuts, bread and eggs. What a feast! They then came back and helped us prepare for a picnic to the Portland Head Light.

Once there, we realized it wasn't going to be a leisurely picnic. The wind was blowing fiercely and it was COLD! We had to hold on to the jars from the peanut butter and fluff. We had to weigh down everything and quickly stuff food in our mouths so that we could quickly hang on to our children or stuff our hands in our pockets to keep warm. It was a blustery day! We did get some great pictures at the lighthouse.

On Saturday night Mike and Brenda came over for a BBQ, and this time, they brought the meat: meat that had been marinated for over six hours. WOW! Mike can never remember exact measurements of what he concocts, but if it could be duplicated, I would do so because it was so delicious and tender. We had a great time and topped off the evening with peanut butter pie and fellowship. What a fabulous day!