Friday with Friends!

This is a slightly belated post, since it is now Tuesday, but better late than never! :) This past Friday the 13th we had some friends over for snacks and a movie. These friends were Caelyn, Morgan and Gabriella (all sisters) and earlier in the day Sarah and Rachel came over. It was so much fun! As customary that afternoon before dinner, Mum made us strawberry Kefir smoothies. They were yummy! Because this time we had Stevia to sweeten it with instead of honey. I MUCH prefer Stevia to honey in our smoothies. :) Sarah and Rachel both had some smoothie, too. Here's Sarah drinking some:

The poster child for Strawberry Kefir Smoothies! :)

Almost as soon as they walked through the door, poor Sarah and Rachel were cajoled (forced!) into tasting Mum's kombucha; as were Caelyn and Morgan. Mum is such a great sport with our friends, but forcing kombucha on them was a little overly much. Caelyn said she didn't mind it, and that she'd drink it. Morgan said that it tasted better than it smelled. Amen to that! :)

Our lovely beverage that our friends got hounded to try a sip. Out of us four kids, Anna seems to like it and I don't mind it.....the other two.....well, not so much. :)

Here is Mum and Rachel in our kitchen....Mum with a big glass of Kombucha in her hand. Rachel's face was priceless when she tasted it. :)

Here is sweet Rachel crocheting. By the end of the day she had finished a hot pad for her mom. We showed her a few new crochet stitches and had a blast! She was my crocheting buddy.

The two Sara(h)'s on my Sara's laptop. They were looking at different blog backgrounds, how to make them.....they hardly came off of the bed until it was dinner time. :) They were funny. And no, the Sarah on the left is not sleeping. :) She has what I called her 'thinking cap' on over her eyes. :) While our Sara is hamming it up. While watching a movie that evening they made some adorable jewelry together on the floor and did not spill any beads! :)

We loved getting to know Caelyn, Morgan and Gabriella better and found that we have a lot of the same passions and interests. Mum made her 'famous' popcorn and set out Salsa Verde and Tortilla chips. We had some homemade lattes-mine wasn't really a latte. I had more coffee than milk. :) But you know me. :) We watched the movie State Fair from 1945 and loved it! Caelyn and Morgan are into old movies, too, and had never seen this one. Unfortunetly they had to leave before it was finished because it was getting late. :(

Caelyn, Sarah and your's truly. :) Coincidentally, we're the three oldest girls in our families.

Morgan and Sara. Look at those adorable glasses. :)

Our rather blurry group shot of the night. :) In front of me you can see a popcorn container. :) Big surprise. Seated on the couch are from left to right: Rachel, Gabriella, Morgan and Sara

Seated on the floor are Caelyn and Sarah.

We had SO much fun with all of you girls! We have to do it again soon and watch another old movie. :) It was such a fun time, though we did get to bed rather late. Luckily the next day was a Saturday so we could sleep in. :) Sorry about the post being so late!