I haven’t cooked since Friday.

And I am deeply, deeply thankful.  :)

We ate most of our meals this weekend at my grandma’s.  Yay!!

Saturday afternoon Uncle Steve built a big fire and we cooked hot dogs and s’mores! 

James, watching the fire:

I don’t remember seeing this when I was taking the picture, but look at James in the background – he’s got a stick and is heading toward the fire.  He is soooo cute!

Yummmmmmmmm…

Big fire!

My s’more – soooooo pretty!

Joanna was helping Uncle Steve bring branches near the fire – see the dirty smudge on her face?

After church on Sunday we headed back over to my grandma’s for some more family time.  Matt and James had to go home for his nap, and the girls did some crafts!

Christiana’s mom showed us how to make felted soap.  We took this wool and wrapped it around the soap in very thin layers so it would kind of felt together and make a wrapper of sorts.

Natalie was very into the whole process.

Even Sean worked on one!

Natalie, all done:

I guess I didn’t get any pictures of Joanna working on it.  I was helping her, and then she lost interest so I finished hers up.  It’s the pink one.  Natalie’s is the dark red one.

I accidently left them at Grandma’s house, so we’ll have to stop back by and pick them up. 

Later that evening (we stayed for dinner too!) James and Natalie did some serenading on the piano.  Another of his fabulously cute fake smiles:

They are so stinkin’ cute!!

My pretty piano playing girl.

It was such a lovely weekend with family!  Today felt like kind of a let down, with everybody back to their lives.  But it’s 3:15 and Matt just got home – wahoo!!!  I’m thinking we’re going to go for snow cones.  Yummo!