The morning included a lot of chilling out…

Books

Hammock time

Games

A nail salon

Backyard games

Coloring

And of course, a trip to WalMart

But by the afternoon there was some, um, some serious relaxing.

Around 3:00 P.M. our friends, the Steins, came down from Washington.  This lovely family of 9 relocated from NY to WA two years ago.  Just before they moved from home, the three of our families gathered for lunch at my house.  On that day we never dreamt the Maxfields would be joining them in the Pacific Northwest just five months later. 

The total number of people in the house came to 22. 

Awesome.

Jenn prepared another amazing dinner.  She makes hostessing look too easy.

After dinner there were lawn games. 

The girls drew an enormous princess on the driveway.

Benji gave the Oregon terra a taste test.

The house that holds 22 without a wrinkle.

Water balloon fun, even for little ones who are too tired to keep their eyes open.

And my selfie with Tara.