summer days

yesterday turned out to be a really nice day. aaron had informed me ahead of time that he had to work in the morning, so i wasn't expecting much out of the day, the kids already bored and wandering the house at 8:30 a.m. but then my parents invited us over for french toast and i jumped at the chance to get out of the house. we ended up spending the morning there, the kids playing with toys and enjoying the mild weather outside. when aaron was done with work he met up with us there and we went to an open house (see picture below). this is the house my parents lived in for nine years, the house my brother and i were brought home to when we were born. it was divided into apartments and my parents had the back of it, some downstairs and some up. it's on one of the prettiest streets in town and friends of theirs have been working for years to remodel it and turn it back into a single family home. it was really fun to take a tour-the first time i've been in in since i was 6-and hear some of the fun stories, some of which i had heard time and time again-like the one where i threw a huge fit, they put me in my room which had no lock and had to tie the door to the radiator in the hall. i screamed "UNTIE ME!" until they thought people would call the authorities. ahhhh, memories.

anyway, even though i still have a million things to do, it's nice to take a break and enjoy the nice weather we're having lately :)