Hello and welcome back! Last week was nice and relaxing with a long holiday weekend. It was wonderful to have those extra days and to enjoy some downtime with the family. We missed having Tyler home for the 4th though--first year ever he wasn't there--but I was still able to speak with him and know that he had his own fun in LA.
Here are last week's pictures which seem weird to have without basketball shots even though I didn't miss that at all. Fear not--they will be back soon enough.
Welcome to July! It's Brandon's birthday month so he's posing with the monthly marker. His summer just got super relaxing with a good break in basketball and he is enjoying this free time to spend with his favorite pup.
I banged out some QC work by testing media plates today. It's important to make sure they can grow the right bacterial organisms. Later at home we had a Taco Tuesday dinner complete with blackberry margaritas. Yum!
Work must have been exhausting for Justin today and his little napping buddy is just too cute. John is proof that hard work pays off. He received this meat smoker as a gift from his company for celebrating 25 years of service.
Happy 4th of July! We had a great family day at home enjoying good food, good drinks and good fireworks. The only thing we were missing was Tyler.
With the long weekend John and I had time to go out on a Friday night date for dinner and a movie.
Today we ventured out to Old Sacramento for mini-golf and milkshakes which was a fun and delicious way to spend some time together.
Finally we have some baby tomatoes growing on our vines and some day they will be large and red enough to put on great burgers like this. John made us these cheese-stuffed "Juicy Lucy" burgers he learned about from trips to Minnesota. They were so yummy and the perfect end to our wonderful holiday week.
Wait! One more:
July's Family Photo
I know it's early but after this we all scatter a bit and will be in different places a lot so it nay be hard to get a picture plus I really like this one and how it captures what July is all about.
Ok--all done! Now it's time to get back to the real world. We have a week full of appointments coming up before a couple of us travel out of town for a bit.
What a great and tasty week! Enjoy the smoker!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to John on the smoker! Looks like a great week with your family and celebrating! Love the family photo. Hope your week is going great!
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