RoyalMom

I have NEVER eaten a Sloppy Joe in my life. I don't know what they are and they always seemed...well, sloppy. But I found a recipe for lentil sloppy joes and I love lentils so I thought I'd give it a go. WOW! Only two ingredients, easy to whip up in the crock pot and super delicious over a whole wheat bun. You could make your own sauce but the canned stuff is very low cal and zero fat.

Xander made a cake and couldn't get enough leverage to pour the batter from the table, since he is still a little height challenged. We moved his operation to the floor and I had to snap a pic. Do you think this would pass a food handlers inspection?

Two of my brothers had birthdays this month. We didn't exactly celebrate with them but we still had some cake in their honor. hehe!

Barbra and Chris's wedding had the usual ceremony and reception in the afternoon and then an "after party" at the club.

Jason and I enjoyed the night of dancing and drinks, chatting and snuggling.

A cool bunch of people...

My friend Barbra married her long time beau, Chris, today. It was so nice! We still have to party it up at the Fez club tonight.

He was picked up across the busy road. Thank goodness he's okay! I picked him up and went straight to the Pet Smart to replace his lost tag.

Now if we can just get the stairs and rails finished up on the deck so the kids aren't having to use the gate.

We have to go around from the front to get to the backyard while the deck is in progress...our dog Luke has escaped a few times with the kids going through the gate, not paying attention.

We've bailed him out of the pound once and a couple times he came back quickly on his own. This time he's been gone a few hours and it is dark now:( Waaaah! Where are you dog?

I'm going to be heartbroken if something happens to him. He's 8 years old and our first baby.

The kids took this pic of him earlier today...

My sister has three foster kitties and we get to kitty-sit while she is on vacation. I think I've gotten my fill of kitties for a long time. Omi said they could be trusted in the bedroom and after one day we had no less than 10 poops under our bed! YUCK!!!

They won't all stay in the basket for a pic...

Let's try a dish of food...

Isaac, can you just hold them so I can get all their faces?

No can do!

After spending Friday with my old friends, we spend Saturday with Jason's old classmates he had not seen once in that 20 years passed. He went to the tiny school in St. Paul Oregon with a graduating class of 17 kids.

One of the guys living in the same town hosted the reunion BBQ style in his yard and it was a lot of fun! The kids all ran around in packs with much to see and do. The food and drink was abundant and Jason got to relax and reminisce.

Playing PIG around the basketball hoop. One rule was to have a drink in one hand. Jason held Simon.

We have to have one of these now.

Slip.....slip-n-slide! Check out those hops in the background. I'd never seen them and had no idea what they were. Lots of cool stuff on the farm.

Friday was spent at the beach for the wedding of my old bud Caroline. We shared an apartment uptown during my post-college, pre-marriage party hard days. But we also go back as far as grade 7:)

It was a fabulous, intimate wedding, perched on the state park/cliff overlooking the beach.

"Rev. Amber Rose!" she exclaimed. haha! It was great.

Barbra:) my other bud getting married next month, to the bloke in the background, Chris.

Bud Jen and her hubby Tom with their new baby Paige.

After the wedding, we took the kids down to the beach until it was reception time.

Me and my brood...

Gorgeous cove, not so good for kite flying.

Feeling the terrain under his bare feet.

A picnic table will be right there where the saw is set up. Jason is working on one of the two sets of stairs.

Can you see the hot tub area below? A set of stairs will come right out from my bedroom slider and dump out under the deck, onto a patio.