i LOVE friday evenings like this

so our friends came over last night and re-payed us by overstaying their welcome.  {which we love!}  i made a semi yummy dinner.  my cooking game was not on yesterday and it started with dessert first then it spiraled down from there. christine and tad are the nicest people in the world and they threw me compliments and said dinner was delicious.  {i think i was feeling the pressure of wanting my dinner to be as sophisticated as the are. oh the pressure i put on myself}  i ended up making strawberry pretzel dessert which i will post the recipe over on my other blog- bites.  its a great summer dessert.  even though my jello was a little thick, it still ended up being yummy.

i got kaylee a surfing {of course} hello kitty sprinkler for the occasion and thought it would be a great investment for the summer and play dates.  she and ben put it to the test and i say it was a win.  video courtesy of christine.

its fun listening to them talk to each other especially since they are 2 years apart.  i think kids have a language of their own and can understand either other, no matter the age.  i didn't get my baby love on as much as i wanted since baby cameron was asleep most of the time but it was still a great evening.  we ended it with a fire and grubbing on s'mores before they had to leave.  i'm sure it was kaylee's idea though i'm not sure where she got it from but ben asked his mom if he could spend the night.  it was super cute to hear them say this.  i asked kaylee where would she sleep if ben did spend the night and she said in her room.  ben pitched in with all his cuteness "with me".  funny, coming from two kids who still sleeps with their mom's.