Where we've been

So we haven't been here on the blog for a couple of days because we've been having fun with my niece and her family who drove over from Phoenix.  Glenn went to Comicon with them and they all came back this year talking about dressing up next year.  I'm having nothing to do with THAT plan.

We had a great time with the four of them and my sister -- take-out dinner from a favorite neighborhood Italian restaurant, an early birthday party for a little miss who will be 8 years old in a few days, and lots of good conversation.

Two girls sacked out (captured by the crummy iPad camera)

This girl really likes the boy.

 

It was nice having more than two occupied chairs around our dinner table.

Flowers cut by the birthday girl.

They headed home very early this morning -- it's better if possible to drive through the desert in the fairly cool morning hours.  

Our house is very, very quiet without them. 

The dog-girls are catching up on the sleep they missed the last couple of days!