Open House continued....

Now that you have had a tour of the inside, I

thought you might like to see the front of the house :)

Another view of the front of the house (the

yard is really coming along)

And of course now for the fun part :)

picture of the food table...I am starting to get it

all set up!

Nathan couldn't wait for the guests to arrive

so he is snacking on some of the food....

I made a fruit flag (since the 4th of July is so

close I thought I would do a red/white/blue theme..

This is a Red Velvet Cheese Ball,

it was so delicious!!!!

Since we are having an open house, I thought

it would be fun to make sugar cookies shaped

like a house...

My Mother and Father-in-law got us an

Edible Fruit Basket....Isn't it pretty?

Nathan was being funny while we were

waiting for the guests

(he kept sneaking food)

Here is our friend Kristina and her baby Kobe

playing with some toys :)

We decided to move to the backyard

for awhile and play Holey Board. (I'm not

sure if there is a real name to this game or

if my in-laws made it up)

Nathan and Kristina are watching Bo and Carol

take a turn at the game...(I am busy taking pictures)

Here is Bo and Carol playing Holey Board....

We had a few more people show up but I

got busy talking and forgot to take pictures

of the rest of the group when they

started arriving. Hope you enjoyed

seeing our little party. We had fun showing off

our house and visiting with good friends.

Tulips~n~Lace

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