Friday 8/5, Saturday 8/6

Friday morning Ben took the truck over to his dad's to put new brakes on. The kids and I had a slow morning and then walked over to a friend's house to visit and play for a while. Ben picked us up on the way back from New London. We ate lunch and cleaned up a bit and went back to New London to hang out with Paul and Karrie and some cousins. We had a great afternoon/evening visiting and playing and Charlie was a good sport about all the driving and visiting.

Saturday morning was another slow start morning, we ate an early lunch and went to New London to get in some disc golf before the family party later that afternoon. We brought Charlie along and he loved being able to run around the park. It started getting very, very hot though and he heated up quickly. I took him and Maya over to the playground after about 5 holes because she was bored and he was too hot. He promptly dug a Charlie size hole in the sand under one of the play structures and climbed in it!

A quick stop for ice cream and then out to grandma and grandpa's for the party. It was very hot, the kids didn't seem to care. They played badminton, ladderball and ran around. The only negative part was when Charlie found a cool, quiet place to hide and sleep in the garage and no one saw where he went. We were worried he ran away and everyone spread out to find him while he peacefully snoozed away in the garage.

Just before sundown a thunderstorm blew in with some really impressive lightening, downpours and wind. It didn't last long but dropped the temperature nicely. As the storm passed over a rainbow came out over the house, some of the storm clouds had passed that way already so there was huge bolts of lightening flashing behind the rainbow - it was amazing to watch!