Lemon Heaven

Ending a very exciting and busy week, I took Evelyn up to stay with Mamaw and Grandma Debby for the weekend and while up there we took all the kids to the Grass Valley Children's Festival.  We had a great time last year, and now that Evelyn is old enough to actually participate I was really excited about it. I think Alex is outgrowing tolerance for such a simple thing, but with Mamaw and Grandma Debby there we were able to divide the kids and let them each pick the activities they wanted to do.

Before heading home Grandma Debby noticed a favorite childhood treat that she hasn't seen as an adult. Peppermint lemons. I thought she was crazy, until she got one for all of us and I tried it for myself. Pure heaven. I went back and got 3 more so I could share with Cliff and Bert when they came over that night.

The not so glorious part of my day: I backed into a guy at a stop light heading to the new house. My first 100% at fault accident. No one got hurt, but he had a little meep meep car and I was driving the truck so I dented his front bumper with the tail gate and the hood with my own bumper. At least the guy was super nice about it.

The house is officially ours. Well, actually we got it a day earlier than we expected, but that's just as well because the amount of filth left behind is mind boggling. How do people live like this?!

We didn't get too much done today after Cliff got off of work, but Bert did come to help out. It gave us a chance to start some cleaning (hours and hours of it with many more days left to do!) and meet one of the abandoned kitties. She's very friendly, and our new neighbors (who are awesome!) told us they they've been feeding her for us and saved her (and the others) from a roasting death in our garage. Not sure if we'll keep her yet, but she seems to think that we've moved into her home.

More pictures from the fair here