Camping at home

Our family gathered last Sunday to celebrate Rajah's 10th birthday. Spencer turned 14 and Mark 18 earlier this month. Pat's family were camping or working so missed the party. The rest of us enjoyed the day. Paul brought a new game, Fireproof. It was a board game of cooperation where we worked together to put out fires and rescue victims. It should be in Target later this year. In checking schedules, we decided to camp with Rajah and Genevieve this week or we'd lose the opportunity for the summer. How quickly summer will end.
So Rajah and Genevieve came on Tuesday and stayed two nights. We 'camped' by sleeping in the camper in our yard. Gramma cooked in the house. We ate outside. The girls played in the house, in the yard, in the playhouse and the camper. We also went to the beach Wednesday afternoon. Rajah was into sewing. She brought her own material. We finished a velveteen skirt. She wanted a 'working' dress. We took measurements and created a pattern. It is about half way finished. Grandma didn't get back to it. We did get Vivi's dress made. It took one seam and ribbon straps. That is really quick. Now I'll have to get back to sewing and finish up these projects.
We should also mention that Skyler and Spencer have been out to our house with Paul to do car work. Grandpa also had them try out an extension pole fire torch. We had a nest of bugs in the tree in front of our house. Skyler made short work of burning it up.