Today was one of those days that was fun and we got a lot accomplished. I've been wanting to get the tires painted for quite some time however I wasn't eager to start them by myself. I'm glad that it finally hit Larry that the tires needed painted and that he got right on it and went and bought the paint. He bought an enamel, I'm pretty sure I would have got an acrylic which I think would also work. Larry got the kids up to help and out we all went to paint the tires. I only painted one which took about an hour. Jared spent two hours out there and Larry and Kimi each stayed another hour and got them done. I wanted to go to the chiropractor since it's been a few weeks and I also needed to go to the store. That's why I left and because I don't have it in me to push myself. I was feeling the heat and wasn't liking it.
I really like the way the tires turned out...they make me happy when I look out the window and see them. I know my cute grands are going to love climbing on them. We put these tires out for our kids to climb on and we started with just black tires which meant black kids. Larry's dad painted them one day and used some tractor paint which was green on all of them. It was wonderful and the kids didn't come in with black all over them. The last few years we were seeing black hands again. The kids love climbing all over and through these tires....they really are so much fun.
We got the tires painted and had time to get ready to go to Debbie and Paul's for a cookout. Their kids and grands are here because of Caysie's wedding and they invited us to come visit and hang out with them. We love the Widdison's and enjoyed visiting with them and their kids. They had quite the spread. Bryce and Aaron enjoy cooking and made some yummy ribs and pork for sandwiches. There was lots of fruit left over from the wedding and so we cut it up....oh my it was delicious. I love summer and fruit and cookouts. Debbie is the Queen of Dirty Drinks. I have never had a drink that tasted so good. She put ice in a cup and then had the juice of half a lime. Then she poured in quite a bit of coconut syrup (sugar free) then she added the soda. It was so good. Paul had said that if you are going to error on the amount of syrup it's better to error with more...I agree! The drink was good to the finish! I hated to leave because I could have stayed and visited all night but I had a play to go to which is always a blast!
Kimleighel got to join us tonight because there was an extra ticket. It was fun taking her with us and she had a great time. Kimi loves hanging out with me and loved these ladies too. We stopped and ate at The Old Spaghetti Factory first. I didn't order much since I had just enjoyed a yummy cookout. Kimi had saved room and enjoyed some Fettuccine Alfredo...what I use to always order when I was younger.
Tonight our tickets weren't together. I was sitting in front of Kimi, Cari and her daughter, Carol and Heather. Barbie and Natalie were in another section and different rows. Barbie was sitting in the middle of the row and there were 7 or 8 empty seats by her. Hmmmm....why didn't they sell us those seats? At intermission Natalie, Kimi and I joined Barbie. The Play was funny and we had a good time. We always have a good time! I really like my "Play"ful friends! I'm not sure how I got so lucky to join them but I'm glad I did.
