BBQ in the Country!

We had such a great time out at Aunt Rene's on Saturday. She and John hosted a BBQ, and I literally ate my body weight in food. Then had dessert. Elianna was treated like quite the queen, with a big lagoon blow-up pool AND a little round kiddie pool. (In case Selah wanted to swim as well.) She was also given a big beach bucket filled with the following:
A Finding Nemo beach towel (John said an ordinary towel just wouldn't do.)
A spill-proof bubble tumbler
A HUGE bottle of refill bubbles
Two canisters of snap & shake glow-in-the-dark bracelets
Mosquito bite medicine
A craft project (which John did with her)
A stuffed froggy

Needles to say, she was on cloud nine! I'm not sure if she liked the gifts or all the attention more. She has already told me she wants to go back and "sleep there." (Spend the night.) When it got dark, John caught her a bunch of fireflies. She put them in her little bug catcher and took them home. Well, most of them, since the lid got knocked open and we were swarmed by fireflies in the car on the way home. We must have looked really weird to the other cars, driving home about 11:00, swerving all over while I tried to catch them all and get them back in the container.
Anyway, besides eating tons of yummy food, we also played board games, croquet, wiffle ball, and torture the farm animals. Okay, that last one was done mostly by Jason, who delighted in running around chasing Stanley, their exotic rooster that thinks he's a house dog. This is what Stanley looks like:
We were also treated to a game of croquet with Jason's friends all wearing kilts. (They all jumped in the lake BEFORE realizing they had no other pants. Oh, and there is no dryer at the house. So they ran around in towels until the sun dried their pants. Cute.)

Of course, I was infuriated to realize I FORGOT MY CAMERA, so pictures of all the fun will have to wait until others get around to e-mailing them to me.

We had such a great time, and if you are reading this Aunt Rene and John -

THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!