A Fun Weekend

It was a typical American weekend for the Hunts...enjoying the great outdoors with friends, eating food from the grill, battling the mosquitos...ah, yes, the joys of summer. Brad and I had a great but busy weekend. On Saturday, Joanna came over and helped me to weed my vegetable garden (I will have to tell you about the garden later), then we headed out to a nearby campground where many of our friends from church were camping. We enjoyed a potluck and endured the searing heat. Brad and I rode the motorcycle out with our friend Josh (well, he rode his own bike separately!) and it was a perfect day for a ride (except when we stopped at a stoplight I immediately began to sweat). Anyway, it was a lot of fun.

Then on Sunday, after a beautiful NASCAR nap, we headed out to Brad's parents house to celebrate Father's Day. The whole family was there and we enjoyed more grilling (thank you Brad!) Lots of yummy food and again, blistering heat. I would never survive in the desert.

Back in Business!

Last Friday night Brad and I had a lot of fun looking at cameras. We finally picked one out and we are SO happy with it! It is a Canon and very nice...unfortunately it has become very clear already how little we know about using it! There are so many settings and options and functions...but I am eager to learn. I need to do some research or get a book or something to learn how to take great pictures. Luckily the camera is good even if you don't know what you're doing, so we've been able to take some nice pictures even this weekend. It takes video too and I found someone who knows how to put video on a blog so I am going to have her show me how to do it (now all I need is something to take a video of...hmmm....).

On Saturday, Mom, Dad, and Sarah came to visit :) We had a wonderful time catching up, hanging out, and eating (of course!). We didn't really do anything much, just went to Lowe's and Home Depot to look at paint colors (Jo and Ryan are going to paint their house soon) and to JoAnn Fabrics to look at scrapbooking stuff (they don't have JoAnns in Canada). Sarah and Jo enjoyed riding on the motorcycle with Brad (even though it made mom a little nervous). Brad's parents, Chuck and Lois, came over for dinner, and we ended the day with a challenging game of croquet (challenging because our yard is not flat at all!). It was so much fun and made me wish that Mom and Dad and Sarah lived closer. Saying good-bye just doesn't seem to get much easier. I'm glad we had a bit of time to spend together, though!

Having a picnic lunch in the back yard.

Sarah and Brad riding the bike.

Sadie loved having so many people to play with!

Sarah playing her new favorite game (I am saying that sarcastically - she had a bit of a hard time and came in sixth - yes, that would be last place...but she tried hard!)

Awww....Jo and Ryan looking so cute together.

Delinquent

Okay, let me just say that I know that I have been delinquent in posting to the blog lately, but this time it has been with a good reason. Our camera broke! I'm not sure exactly what is wrong with it, but it keeps shutting down every time we turn it on. So that has been frustrating. I had a few things I was going to post, but unfortunately they will have to wait. We are hoping to be able to get a new camera soon...we don't want to miss anything! And with summer coming there will be all kinds of fun stuff going on. So keep checking - hopefully we'll be back in business soon!