We survived the sleepover....

On our 3rd day of the Fabulous Fourth of July weekend, Daniella and Darryl came over at around 10:30 to pick up Valerie. She and Rachel actually did get some sleep even though Drew put them to bed late, solo, because I had to spend the night working on my magazine story. We all went to the Original Pancake House, which is fast becoming our go-to breakfast/brunch place, and I had a delightful time trying to take pictures of the girls while they made goofy faces and generally refused to be photographed.

Then we headed over to Dan and Beryle's for a lovely visit that lasted almost two hours. We sat around and talked about all sorts of things, including Grandpa, and Dan's art, and the girls spent the time walking from the living room to the balcony and back again. I had foolishly neglected to bring anything to amuse them from home, so the girls got tired and cranky until we got some food into them (thanks to Daniella, who actually noticed this), and then they perked right up, like flowers.

Afterward it was too late to go to a water park as we had planned, so we went to a cool park we discovered right after we moved here that we subsequently showed off to Darryl and Daniella: Clemyjontri Park. We all played there for a while until dinnertime, when Darryl and Daniella took us to a GREAT place near their hotel called Copperwood Tavern. I tried some apple pie moonshine, which was mighty fine, and we had a good dinner before the girls said goodbye (they were pretty good about it, too, no weeping). And then it was home to bed, and work/camp for Drew, myself and Rachel. Oh, what a great weekend it was! We can't wait to repeat it.