Kabobs, Keevers, Kanning, and Kamping

(For the record, it usually bugs me when words are misspelled on purpose. However, I'm not creative and I am rapidly running out of titles for my posts.)

What a week/weekend! Hopefully you all aren't tired of hearing from us now after that long dearth of blogging. :) Well, we did have the Keevers over, and though we don't have any pictures of them with Kia, we do have a pic of them finishing up our fondue!

Also, these are our yummy kabobs that Greg made: Steak, potatoes, onions, green peppers, and grilling cheese! Delicious!

Max usually gets very quiet after he's flipped onto his tummy underneath his gym...I went to check on him one day when he seemed exceptionally quiet...and this is what I found! What a cutie! :)

We had potluck on Friday night, and Max and Bryce hung out for a bit....they really were looking at each other at one point in time.

To kick off our Labor Day weekend, we attended the 61st Grusy Reunion on Saturday in Gridley. Max won the prize for being the youngest one there. We had to get a picture of him with the oldest person there, Elsie Hohulin, who is 97 years old. I thought she seemed pretty sharp for being 97! She loved Max. :)

I know it seems random, but Greg took some pictures of the ornamental peppers he's been growing on our front deck. Inspired by seeing some at last year's Illinois State Fair, we are excited that they are now finally turning different colors! Interestingly enough, they all start out purple, then some change to yellow, and then some change from yellow to orange/red. They really brighten up our deck! I love them!

Sunday night we camped down at Dad and Mom Beutel's cabin. Brett and Laura brought the fixin's for supper for them, us, and Aaron and Katie. The pictures are as follows:

The girls and babies hanging out on the deck; Max in his sleep sack (it doesn't look like it, but he loved it! He must have anyway, since he slept from 9:30 to 5:00...better than he's ever done at home!); Me roasting some marshmallows; Greg fixing our breakfast Monday morning (at 6:00 AM!); Brett and Greg enjoying the food (sausage, bacon, eggs, hashbrowns, and strawberries); Max in his 'camping bed'

A little movie we made in the early morning.....

I was under the impression that once we got home and our camping stuff unpacked, we might be able to take a nap or something...because even though Max slept all night, 5:00 AM is not my normal get up time! However, we had a bushel of peaches that decided they were ready to be worked on! We had gotten them on Saturday from Beecham's; a bushel of beautiful Cresthaven peaches. Some of them were quite large, as you can see below! Greg originally was holding them for the camera, but they look more impressive in my smaller hands. Anyway, we used up the morning canning and freezing the peaches with the help of my mom. Whew! We left our house at 12:00 noon exactly to make it to Forrest for a 1:00 lunch. We got there at 1:16 exactly. Not too bad! The last picture is of all of us who went to visit Grandma that day.

Hopefully this week will be slower!