Cold 'n Rainy Party Afternoon

It got cold 'n rainy this afternoon.  Seth had an elders' quorum softball game against another ward.  Families are invited, and then there's a barbecue afterwards at the park.  It's been lovely the last couple-a-three years.  I sent Seth to the game and then came later with the children.  We stopped for several errands on the way (return chairs to church from Thursday's successful RS activity at the RS President's house, purchase Shelf Reliance product at Holiday Boutique held by friend).  We made one last stop at Safeway for chips and cookies to bring to the lunch and were flummoxed by how busy and slow it was in there.  Not even busy, really, but just crowded at the check-outs.

Anyway, by the time we got to the park for the bbq, it was pretty cold.  Mid-40s at most.  Then it started sprinkling.  The brethren were messing around with the grill for awhile while everyone else busted into the chips and sodies.  Then when the grill wouldn't light, the game (lunch) was Called on Account of Rain.  We grabbed our chips and brownie bites, along with some extra hot dogs, and went on home.  On the way home, the rain started coming down good-n-hard.

We had to stop at King Soopers for hot dog buns and milk anyway.

It seemed like just the thing we needed for our cold, rainy family afternoon would be a pack of Double-Triple Oreos, so we got that too. 

I love the twisty Fritos.  They're doubly crunch-a-licious.

The Brownie Bites were actually not too bad.  Usually store-bought brownies are atrocious.

And because Jules was with me, we also talked ourselves into buying a dozen donuts.  It's the least we could do.  We grilled the hot dogs at home in the rain and had them with chocolate milk.

Anyway, we just spent an hour sitting in front of the Wii while Seth and Eric had a big Mario-thon.  They're so cute playing together, sharing tips.  It was a lovely cold, rainy afternoon with the family.  These are the golden times.

Time for donuts!