Multitude Monday, Week 11

129. Peaches
130. A day off of work
131. Cool weather
132. Honesty of my small group girls
133. Friends who pray for you
134. Canoes
135. Rivers
136. Cookouts
137. Air conditioning
138. Seeing family

Week 10

Peach Festival

Fourth of July Activities:

Peach Festival, watch parade, drink peach tea, cookout at Andrew & Elizabeth's house, eat homemade peach icecream, go out on boat, swim, watch fireworks on lake murray, and come home to Abby who had opened the gate and had been running free (for how long? -nobody knows!)

Peach tea!

In the parade we saw clowns...

and floats...

with rotating peaches and flags.

We saw a giant bug...

and an exterminator.

We saw subs...

and helicopters...

and tractors...

and a camel.

Movie in the park

During the summer, there are outside movies every Friday at Finlay Park in downtown Columbia. I have been wanting to go watch one for awhile, and we finally went this weekend. We saw the 2nd Night at the Museum. This is such a fun thing. We got there around 8 p.m. thinking that's when the movie started but it actually didn't start till around 9. So we spent an hour people watching. They had kids activities and music playing. I had a blast watching these little kids/ babies dancing. It was just as entertaining as the movie. So if you are in the Columbia area check out the other movies playing this summer!

Scogin Cookout

Aaron (Glen's oldest brother) had some leave and came to visit us Friday night. K, H, and C came down from Greenville to join us too! Since Aaron lives in Washington we don't get to see him much, and we were so glad we got to see him this past weekend.

Of course I used this opportunity to cook something really good. We had ribs, corn, watermelon, and buffalo dip- a true summer cookout.

the food

the brothers

the sisters

Almost Flourless Chocolate Cake

I finally got to bake with my friend Jessica this past week. Our first thought was to tackle decorating a cake with fondant, but due to lack of preparation time we went with a chocolate cake. I say it was almost flourless because it has 1 Tbs of flour, and I don't think that counts. We prepared the cake, put it in the oven, and sat down to watch "Say Yes to the Dress" which I love and recently found on Netflix instant. When it was finished we let it cool, made some coffee, cut a slice, and sat down to eat it while watching 2 or 3 more episodes. The only thing wrong with the cake were the eggs. We did not wisk the eggs and some showed up in the cooked cake. Note: use a wisk to mix/break up eggs in flourless cakes (especially when there are 5 in the recipe). All in all it was a great cake topped with whipped cream and coffee on the side.

My attempts to get us both in the picture with our cake. I really need to learn how to use the timer on my camera since my arms aren't long enough.

Friday Confessions: Default Face

I am not sure if this post technically fits into "Friday Confessions", but it tells you something about me and its my blog so I make the rules. Plus it comes with slightly embarrasing photos of me at the end...but read first. Don't skip ahead.

After spending a week with junior highers, you might discover 2 things. 1. Everyone you come across looks like an animal. You may not see it at first, but trust me- everyone looks like an animal. 2. Everyone has a default face. A default face is the face you make when you are just there, not engaging in anything (i.e. conversation, activity, ect.).

I was told that I look like a turtle. Flattering...I think not. Then I was told I look like a bunny. So turtle/bunny combination might equal a turny or a buntle or my favorite a burtle. I, however, cannot imagine what a burtle would look like. I guess...me. Honestly, I would like to be a kitten. Not a cat, a kitten.

Anyways, I know that I have a default face. I can't help it. Some say its a little intimidating, like my college professor who told me that she never wanted to interview me because of the expression on my face during class, but who can blame me? Sitting through an hour long lecture class is not very exciting. Others may say its funny. No smile. Slightly opened mouth. Slightly blank eyes. Next time you are bored just go people watching and you will be very entertained.

All I can say is at least my default face is not this... 

And certainly not this....

Pitiful