Friday, 6/5/26, went to Big Apple Bagel, went to Panera, Vikki, Peyton, Isaac and Rehvyn came over, right after they got here Kimmy, Eli and Arnie came over, sat outside under the gazebo a long time, transplanted more ground cover, Eli and Isaac swam,

Eli relaxing on the deck with us

Eli stayed in the pool for quite a while.  It rained and Isaac decided to swim too.  They stayed in the pool a long time.  I forgot to go out and get a picture of the both of them.

Cute picture of Wookie.  He was laying by me. 

Silly Rehvyn...we sure had fun with him!

Isaac and Rehvyn.  I didn’t get a picture of Peyton because Vikki took her to a friends.  I didn’t remember while she was her for the short time she was.

I got up at 6:30. I browned some round steak I had already trimmed the fat off from and cut in pieces before I froze it.  Once it was nice and brown, I put it in the crockpot and added 4 cans of cream of chicken soup.  I made extra in case anyone here wanted to eat later for dinner.  After I got that going, I went to Big Apple Bagel and picked up the kind of bagel Vikki and I like, plus an apple bagel with cinnamon cream cheese.  Vikki had shared here Swiss Melt with me, so I wanted to buy and share with her.  I also went to Panera and picked up two lemonades which Vikki usually does.  I made a big fresh fruit bowl and put that in the refrigerator when I got home and I cut up some strawberries and froze them for in our lemonade.  Later I made brownies with powdered sugar on top.  

They all got here pretty close to the same time.  Vikki and I ate our bagels and I gave Rehvyn some Cheerios.  Everyone else had eaten breakfast.  We drank our coffee in the family room.  When we were done, we all moved out to the deck under the gazebo.  Rehvyn had fun playing with his cars.  The rest of us talked and had fun hanging out.  I got a frozen pizza from Aldi out and added pepperoni to it and made it for all of us.  Their pizza’s are huge.  At around 1 it started raining.  Before it started we all quickly put the cushions away and I pushed the swings under the gazebo farther.  It was a light rain, but rained a long time.  I had quickly got more ground cover plants transplanted before it started raining.  I watered them though because they are under the big tree and won’t get much rain.  

Eli and Isaac hung out in the basement for a while.  Kimmy and I washed some screens and put them on the family room windows.  Kimmy did more than me of course.  She fixed a couple of small cracks in the frame of one of the screens.  We are waiting to put that one in until next time as I need to get a small amount of paint for it.  We came inside and decided to open the windows.  The one window that Bill had the glass replaced in last year wouldn’t stay open, but kept falling.  It was pretty heavy.  We tried to figure out what was wrong, and Vikki decided to see if she could help.  We got close, but couldn’t get it so will leave it up to Bill when he gets better.  

Kimmy helped me peel potatoes while Vikki watched Rehvyn.  Melissa had wanted to come over earlier, but her van didn’t have enough gas.  Bruce got home and put gas in and then Melissa called to see if she could come then.  Of course!  She got here and visited with us.  We were so happy to have her and Wookie come.  The dogs were both sweet and well behaved today.  Arnie got a little excited when Melissa and Wookie got here, but that’s because Melissa usually brings good treats or food.  

Bill’s sister, Debbie had surgery on her arm she broke.  It was a bad break and she is still in a lot of pain and needs prayer.  

Melissa had to leave.  She said Bruce was making something good for dinner tonight.  Vikki, Kimmy, Rehvyn, Bill and I had the round steak in gravy, mashed potatoes and corn.  Yum!  It tasted so good.  Eli and Isaac don’t like that kind of food, so they were going to eat later.  I can’t imagine not liking it.

When we got done eating, we cleared everything and then sprayed the dishes with my new sprayer on my faucet.  It cleans everything right off.  Vikki had to leave to take Rehvyn home.  Kimmy and I walked outside and looked at our garden and all my plants.  This rain was really good for them.  We also went in the camper and Kimmy looked at the furniture we are going to fix.  We came up with a plan and will do that next time.  It shouldn’t take too long.  

Bill looked out and saw that the pool needed to have the solar cover on and also needed someone to get the mail.  Eli got the mail and Kimmy and I covered the pool.  She did it while holding onto Arnie’s leash.  She and Eli picked up all of their stuff and left for home.

I loaded the dishwasher and started it.  I also put the crockpot of meet and gravy in the refrigerator when it was cool enough.  Then I went out and fed the fish, came in and read my Bible and worked on my blog.  I’m going to go to bed early tonight so I can get up early and get to Jacob’s Marathon at 8:10 and the boys last soccer game at 10.  Looking forward to both.