Last night, we hosted a fish fry for the young adults (and friends) at our church. Over 30 people came and it was a little packed, but a great time. Kendal fried fish he'd caught himself using a favorite Louisiana marinade (hot sauce and mustard) and it was really, really yummy. Everyone brought over a favorite summer dish and we had a spread featuring everything from fried deer sausage and fried biscuits and honey to a yellow tomato salad, potatoes, tons of great dips, homemade orange sherbert and sugar-free banana pudding! It was great and we have LOTS of leftovers in our fridge! We are continually reminded what great friends we have here in Arkadelphia and how lucky we are to be part of such a wonderful church family.

The kids had a pretty good time - they were a little overwhelmed by all the people, but they did have their buddy Will and new friend Zoe (who's their age, too!) to play with. We had a kiddie pool ready to be set up in the yard, but the kids all loved playing in the kitchen (minus the water) so we let them go to town.

We're hoping for a pretty quiet weekend. Next week I'm taking the kids to meet my family in Baton Rouge as we celebrate the upcoming birth if twin girls to my best friend from college, Elizabeth. Over Labor Day we'll be celebrating the first birthday of our best twin-friends George and Abigail - all the best things seem to come in twos!

And I really just had to post this picture... So, I gave the kids goldfish and strawberry newton bites for a snack today, then let them split one of my favorite cookies. It's a "Hit" cookie (ironically made in Germany) that I found at the local Brookshire's and remember well from my month of backpacking through Europe back in 2000. The chocolate on her upper lip made me think of another infamous German for some reason... I'm just saying...