Life With the Grandchildren!

 Rachel's family lived with us during the months of June and July - their mission was to find

a house, make an offer, and then get it closed as soon as possible!

Thanks be to God, it all went as planned, and they are all settled in their new home.

It's so wonderful having their family close by!

It's so quiet here at our house now.....................!!

Isaac, especially, loved being around the little ones!

Joshua and Elenna had quite the time playing with the dinosaurs.

Nathan LOVES books, especially if they are about trucks or fire engines.

When Rachel and David were both at work, Elenna and Nathan joined in

for some schoolwork!

Joe gave Elenna and Nathan a ride in the mower wagon, but Nathan wouldn't budge.  So David

had to join in the fun!

Awwww, a sleeping Kinsley - so sweet!

She's such a happy, good natured baby!

This will certainly be remembered as The Summer of the Camarenas!

Good times and Good memories!

Fourth of July in Seward!

We started celebrating the day before when our good friends, the Jamesons, came over.

No, we didn't have hamburgers on the grill - we had a taco bar.  

I figured everyone would have hamburgers on the actual fourth, so we went with Mexican!

Donna brought two delicious and patriotic desserts!

 

The next morning, we headed into Seward for Church on the Square.

There was a good crowd for the early morning, and the music and message were very good.

Seward is Nebraska's Fourth of July City, so there was much going on!

Just keep on heading north to get to the only other town of Seward!

There was a very large crowd throughout the town, some coming from several states away!

So many vendors!

 Almost 200 cars on display!

We listened to a very patriotic band concert!

We were tired and had too much sun by the time the parade started at 4:00, but we

stayed for it!  It was a great ending to a very fun day!

We once again enjoyed a magnificent fireworks display put on by some neighbors

at the top of the hill!  We had a great view from our deck!

I'm proud to be an American!

Rachel and David's Big Move!

The big news is that Rachel and David's family decided to move to Nebraska!

Lots of reasons why, but we are so incredibly glad that they will be closer!  So what was

originally supposed to be a visit turned into a permanent stay!

They have been living in our basement, bought a house, sold a house, got a nursing job - and

all of that in the last month.

Whew......it has been crazy!

 My strawberry patch was just starting to produce when they arrived and once they were ripe,

Elenna and Nathan had so much fun picking them!

Enjoying being a grandma!

Isaac teaching Nathan how to blow bubbles!

Sweet Sisters!

They are closing on their house in several weeks, and they will be most glad to be

in their home with room to spread out!

And we will be getting back to school!!

Nacho Table!

Courtney and Dennis had done a Nacho Table at his parents' house over Christmas,

so she wanted to recreate the fun experience here.

It was a mess!

First the foil!  We had to put an extra leaf in our table to accommodate everyone!

 

Next comes the chips!

Now all the toppings go in the center!

Then everyone add the taco meat and beans to the pile of chips in front of them!

Isaac really got into this!

Not much left over!  Clean up was super easy!

Thanks, Courtney, for suggesting such a fun idea!