"Vacation" day 11

Day 11 was the day of Luiz and Deanna's open house. That meant the morning was full of preparations, decorating, and a wee bit of stress as we were putting the final touches on everything. One of my mom's friends luckily saved the day when the hand mixer went out. She came over to help, mixer in hand, on a moment's notice. We were able to finish the frosting for the cupcakes without having to drive to Show Low for a new mixer.

Once the open house started, we put Jayke in charge of shooing flies until we could cover the food with plastic wrap.

The kids all enjoyed free access to as many marshmallows and cupcakes as they could eat. By the end of the night, I told the kids to eat more cupcakes and they all complained to me that they had already eaten too many. That's how I knew they had eaten just the right amount. ;-)

When the sun went down, the porch lights were attracting all the June Beetles. The kids thought it was so much fun to catch them. They ended up putting some water in cups and dropping the beetles in them so that they couldn't just crawl out. By the time all the guests had left, the kids had collected a ton of beetles! Jayke thought he was so funny posing for this picture. Gross, just gross!

We are so glad to have Luiz join our family and even more happy that Deanna found such an amazing man to have as her husband! Congratulations Luiz and Deanna!