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Summer Barbecue in the Country

Yesterday we spent a lovely day in the country. This is an annual barbecue where we get to see friends we never see enough of – some we only see once a year. The homestead of our hosts is like a Midwestern Neverland for kids – an enormous backyard of green grass to run barefoot in, a castle playhouse with slide, toys everywhere, and for the barbecue, an unlimited amount of food.

Proof of a day well spent:

Cordy’s first favorite activity: eating

Finding the toys for the big kids

The makings of a perfect evening: a fire, good friends and marshmallows
Mira clapping along to the live music, face covered in dirt

Cordy and Aaron enjoying the fire & music together

All in all? The perfect day. These are the days I hope my girls will remember as they grow older. The days when the TV and computer are gone and we play outdoors with friends all day long until we collapse around the fire in the evening to sing and roast marshmallows with our dirty feet proudly displayed.

Christina

Christina is a married mom of two daughters from Columbus, Ohio, and has been blogging at A Mommy Story since 2005.

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