MM ~ "Pool Parties" of 2021

Today's Memory Monday is all the super-fun "pool parties" hosted by Chet and Karli in the summer of 2021! lol

Twice in a row now, the planned pool party and cookout fun was drastically altered due to rainy weather.  Sad day.  (Still fun get-togethers with friends, but not so much on the grilling out and swimming and enjoying the sunshine!)

This is our group pic from Friday night... the Wilsons, the Shoemakers, the Fultons, and the Lindsey! lol ❤  Lots of fun friends and mini-BFFs featured here!

The outdoor dinner plan was changed to a pizza party... Karli made salad and fruit pizza and cookies, and they ordered pizza and cheesy bread from Dominoes... YUM!  

I also made Oreo balls, which are always a big hit with Chet and Mark... and Tate! =)

A happy little Parker Elizabeth and her Mom!

Tate called us all in to join him for the excitement, then prepared himself for the sound of the cuckoo clock. lol

Tiniest bird ever... but the red eyes do make it look aggressive! lol

After dinner and dessert and a lovely piano performance by Tate, we watched The Office and hung out and talked in their living room for a bit!

That afternoon, I had showered and then thrown my wet hair into a messy bun and put on my swimsuit and flip-flops and waterproof mascara, all ready to just jump right in the pool.  Then I started hearing thunder right as I was about to spray on sunscreen and bug repellant... by the time I changed and started driving, it was a serious, traffic-stopping, torrential downpour of rain and lightning!  If I hadn't been on the phone with Mom, I would've totally snapped a pic of Chet coming outside with two umbrellas to walk me to their garage. lol  So nice!

And just for good measure, here's a pic from his birthday "pool party" a couple weeks back! lol  (A cool and overcast day where their pool was green from the storm the day before, and my shoes were sinking into the mud as we took this picture.)

Chet's decided that calling it a pool party has jinxed it, so the next event will be labeled a low-key game night and we'll all bring swimsuits just in case. lol  Perhaps we'll get a last official swim party soon, or maybe the moment has passed and the weather will cooperate better in 2022!!