Sunday Afternoon: Birthday BBQ at the Park

After driving through the canyon, we found a park to go have dinner that would allow dogs. Unfortunately, the only site available was about a mile away, which meant A LOT of stuff had to be hauled from the cars. In the end, it worked out nicely because we were at the end of the park and pretty much by ourselves.

Once everything was hauled, the BBQing and food prepping began.


While the food cooked, the kiddos played.



I tried to get Declan to practice walking . . .


he didn't care much for that. Of course. No surprise there!


We had some frisbees and some footballs that we played with for awhile. The kids had so much fun running after them.


With Francie around and balls and frisbees to fetch, it was no surprise that the girls decided to act like dogs.


Declan had fun crawling around, but of course couldn't stay and play on the HUGE grassy area, but instead always tried to escape and go places he shouldn't. Naughty boy.




After awhile, the kids decided to play "Red Light, Green Light." Everyone took turns. After a bit, Taylor got upset because she kept getting caught moving. Tom told her had an idea. If she stood right behind him, then no one would be able to catch her moving. She liked that and so they continued playing with her standing right behind Tom. Well, all of a sudden we hear her yelling at Tom. "That was NOT a good idea, " and she was upset and crying. Apparently, he had tooted; well, with her right behind him, she caught it full force. She was SOOOOOO upset. Of course we couldn't help but laugh.


For the rest of the night, she was not happy. We had to do a lot of convincing just to get her to come back and sit down and eat. I did feel bad for her, but it was FUNNY!


For dinner we got to enjoy seasoned tri-cut steaks from Costco. They were DELICIOUS!!! I think we had potato salad and rolls to and other things, but the steaks were sooooo yummy that I can't remember much else.

Tom got Declan to mimic him. It was cute!


This was Francie as soon as the eating began . . . beggin'.


Here's the birthday boy grilling away.


Tom put Declan under his shirt and they just giggled away. This is a game they play at home, but with blankets. They both go under, and Declan just LOVES it.


After playing and STUFFING ourselves, it was time to clean up and head home. What a perfect Sunday afternoon!