Farewell to Summer

We've enjoyed a nice long Labor Day weekend. Today we said our farewells to summer by digging out our jeans and jackets and attending a rib cook-off. (It was 97* on Saturday, only 63* today!)

One of our neighborhood friends hosts a rib cook-off every Labor Day. This year was the biggest cook-off with 10 rib entries. Ron got to be a judge again this year. The top 3 positions are named, with the 1st place winner getting his name on the cook-off trophy and the 2nd place winner getting a whipped cream pie in the face by the 1st place winner. We all sample the ribs and other good dishes and the kids run around and play.

Someone else in the neighborhood is a magician and he performed for the kids. We've seen him a couple times, and he is probably one of the best magicians I've seen. It was fun just to listen to the kids giggle. Both Tyler & Danielle got to help with tricks. After the magic show the kids played some games. This one involved spinning around on a bat and then running (or attempting to run) to retrieve a ball. After the kids' games the adults played a cornhole tournament.

It was a fun afternoon. We live in an awesome neighborhood. It's so nice to live next to people we genuinely like and consider good friends, and who are in the same stage of life as us. It's neat to be able to watch all our kids grow up together.

It was a good way to bid farewell to summer.