August-month for company!



Shortly after we returned from camping, our first company for the month arrived. Well, no, I guess that's not quite true--we actually had company while we were camping too!:o) So o.k. our first company at home for the month of August were Dave and Annalisa and their three children from PA. They were here about a week and were such a sweet family to have with us!---If I have it right there were only seven nights out of the whole month when we were all home together without overnight company!:o) Here our sweet little girlies were playing dress-up! 



 

Our sweet little princesses~
Kaitriana, Aliyah, Kristin, and Elianna



And check this out...princesses in a pick-up truck!:o) Kaiti and Kristin are like two little peas in a pod--they had so much fun together! You can see our brown, dry grass in this picture---before it started raining, it was SO dry!!!

Dave & Annalisa and family--one evening we had pizza at the lake and took the boat out afterwards.



Avery at the helm:o)



Kaiti and Elianna swimming off the boat...and yes, it was deep:o)

Baby Dearest

Kaiti swinging on the tire swing in our ravine--sweet summer fun!



Go Kaiti!




Aliyah



Our dear friends from N.M. were next---it was a privilege to have Travis and Amy here, although not nearly long enough! Hopefully they'll come again before long and bring the rest of the family with them!:o)



Travis & Amy on our front porch...short and sweet visit!



Some of us posing with Travis & Amy before they left with their new bus in the background. Hope it works out so well for them that they'll decide to try it out with the whole family on a trip to MO. soon:o)

Next on our guest list was our good friend, Nate---he came to help on some jobs here and was able to take in some of the music fest as well. As you can see, he's always a lot of fun to have around!:o)




 



And then the Neals arrived from OK for the music fest--- "Ah, my dear friend, it's so good to see you again!":o) Zuriel giving Aliyah a big hug-




No socialization problems here!




And their friend, Harmony, that came with them--playing Othello with Damien 



When the Neals come, we always end up with lots more company, due to their popularity in the community:o) They just seem to attract all kinds of them---some cute as all get out, like this one...

...and some not so cute, like this one! (Meaning the animal, of course:o) One evening when we came home from Camp Galilee, here was John holding this little opossum thing that he'd caught. Was interesting, only I've never been very fond of the little critters. 

And who was this strange fellow???

Our friend, Lacey, surprised people when she came back from CA in time for the music fest!

And to sum it up for this post--a darling picture of our Jensy; thankfully he did surprisingly well over that weekend- (At least to those of us who know him well!:o)
****************
A special thank you to all our company who left us with pictures that I used on this blog and with fun and happy memories to treasure always! 
So when are you coming to see us?:o)