saturday cookout and bathing the dogs

charlie has been home this week due to him pushing all of his ER shifts together in VA and taking his test early so that he could spend a week with the fam.  it has been super fun!  this past weekend, we had friends over for a saturday cookout.  i made cut out sugar cookies (pumpkin and butterflies) earlier in the day and the older kids iced them with colored icing i mixed together.  it was a success! the kiddos loved it AND they tasted yummy.  sorry for the blurry pictures, charlie just informed me i have been using our camera wrong the entire time we've had it (which has been like 2 years).  supposedly, i need to press the button half way down...wait for it to focus..and then take the picture.  i will be better next time and try not to post anymore blurry ones.

sunday afternoon, we decided the stinky dogs need a bath.  smith was super interested in what was going on.  originally we put him down to crawl around in his clothes...and then seized the opportunity to let him be a little more 'free'.  he had a blast..i'm pretty sure he would go most places naked, if we let him.

we are leaving this precious boy tomorrow to fly out to DC for a wedding of one of our best friends from baylor.  we know smith is in good hands with his sitti and doc, but we will miss kissing this face and cannot wait to get back and see him sunday!