Thursday, June 30, 2011

Summer Parties

This week, my Lovely Lassies got HIGH on Summer.

A generous neighbor down the street provided her pool to host sweet summer swim party for these lil gals.


"WE WON'T PUSH. WE PROMISE!"



After three hours of rollicking water play, HUNGER finally weened them from the pool.

However, they still had energy to spare, transitioning from the snack table to the trampoline.

It was DINNER TIME when we finally scooted them home, tired and happy.

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The women in our neighborhood gathered for
a different genre of summer celebration:



We nibbled on scones, tea sandwiches and sweet miniature cakes.

The Royal Wedding inspired us to shake off our inhibitions and don stylish hats from by-gone eras.

It doesn't matter our age, we all LOOOVE playing Dress Ups!

The wife of BYU's former football coach, donned BLUE, right down to the fingernails!

Why did we ever give up hats? They can be downright charming!


This neighbor (below) ended up spending most of the afternoon cozied inside an old closet,
trying on every single one of her mother's hats and recalling sweet memories from by-gone years.


It wasn't exactly the Royal Wedding, which - you have to admit - was way OVER the top!



Never-the-less, our neighborhood tea party was delightful.

Of course, it won't be long before we'll be seeing ' bonnets:


This year, I'll have KIDS and GRANDKIDS coming home to celebrate.


4 comments:

Robyn said...

This is so adorable! I love that idea! And you looked splendid Aunt Ginger!

Duane Johnson said...

Enjoy the 4th while we enjoy Canada Day! Great photos, btw.

K said...

I wish I'd think of these things - then not fall asleep with the stress of having to plan them. Can fancy tea cakes appear out of thin air, I wonder? Those wedding hats are so silly. But YOUR hat, and those of your cronies -elegant and tasteful. A lovely afternoon.

That shot of all the girls in the grass was wonderful.

Leah said...

I sure hope that our girls can be involved in such great activity days. Right now I am just crossing my fingers that we will end up in a location where they will not be the ONLY child in the program! The hat tea party looked fun too.

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