Germanfest!!

Lucy (and George, she can't leave home without him) in the dirndl Anni made for her. She was adorable! No lederhosen for Rex this year, Aunt Patti is going to try to get him a pair for next year. But he still has his hat and scored two new pins for it this year.

As night falls we find a seat to listen to music with our tummies full of great food!

Our little gang, and what would germanfest be without Jager.

Yes, even I did a shot this year.

Rex found a cute little german girl to play with.

Nate and Rex played with light-up wands while we listened to rock and roll sung by a german band. Some of their translations were funny. But Grandpa and Anni were not a fan of the musical groups this year and went home fairly early.

Sunday July 18-- SUMMER FAVORITES

Today was the annual DANK picnic. Rex and Lucy played while Grandpa, Papa, Uncle Ralph, Todd and Nate cooked loads of chicken and sausage in the scorching heat. Yum-good eats!!

After lunch the ever-competitive balloon toss begins!!

Nate and Ralph, defending champions are knocked out early.

SPLAT!! SPLASH!!

Due to the summer heat, the garden has sadly been ignored in favor of floating aimlessly on a raft at the lake. After returning home from the german picnic I was watering the withering flowers and picked the first round of gi-normous zucchinis. Anyone who would like a giant zucchini to make zucchini bread is welcome to one!! Fresh zucchini bread will be greeting my family soon. I just spent a few minutes searching the web for a few new recipes. Most of them were very similar to the one I already use, but I found a few with some interesting variations. So I think I will be testing these new ones on the fam. , we will see which ones they like or not!