Pool party

Yesterday the Boy was invited on a day-trip to Lake Placid with his buddy's family. It sounds like they had a high old time, eating ice-cream, lake-swimming, building sand-temples etc.  And they had quite an adventure when a mini-tornado briefly swept along the beach, picking up someone's lunch and hurling it about as it went.

Anyway, having had a six-hour round-trip car ride already this weekend, our son wasn't too motivated to go on any outings today, and in any case it looked set to be scorchingly hot.  So we decided to stay at home and enjoy our own backyard and facilities.  We invited the Exile and family to join us, and the Boy's buddy and family also stopped by.

As the temperature hit 92F, there was no nicer place to be than the pool, and we were glad to share it with company.