We had some friends up to visit us in the Catskills last weekend with their three boys. It was so great to see them, and I think they enjoyed escaping the heat that was attacking the rest of the country. Our friends had never spent much time in the Catskills, and I think we made converts out of them. We spent time between swimming at the pool, hiking and eating of course. We introduced them to the best ice cream in the entire world- Perry’s Piece of Cake. It, unfortunately for me, is a regional upstate New York ice cream company, and they have not expanded to South Carolina yet. Hopefully after I start a letter campaign, they will. Anyway, this ice cream literally tastes like yellow cake batter and chocolate icing- which if you are like me, the batter and icing is the best part of a cake. If you can find some- try it- it is something special. They funniest part of the weekend was Sunday morning. Corby was making his awesome cracked pepper and cheddar biscuits(http://thesouthwillrise.com/cracked-pepper-and-cheddar-cheese-biscuits/), and I was making scrambled eggs and maple bacon. Maple bacon is again something I can not find readily in South Carolina, and it is so good. It smells so good. Denny, our friend’s 7 year old son, ran down the stairs excitedly wondering where the pancakes were. The maple bacon filled the house with the smell of maple syrup and Denny could not figure out why when the smell of syrup was coming from the kitchen we were not having pancakes. It was so funny. Fortunately, he loves scrambled eggs just as much as pancakes, so he was not too disappointed. It was a great weekend! We followed up the weekend with a super fun 4th of July. The Twilight camp put on a great parade- the campers had spent the first part of the week making costumes. We had eagles, bunnies, bears and skunks- the costumes were awesome. Walker was an eagle and he made his mask with a fish coming out of his eagle’s mouth. Then there was a park wide BBQ down at the pool with a dive and jump competition (one picture is AJ winning the belly flop competition and the other is Walker in the big jump competition), and the day was finished off with a carnival up at the playground with games and face painting. The counselors and CIT’s out did themselves, and the kids had so much fun- here are some pictures! I hope everyone had a great and safe 4th- send in your favorite grilling recipe from the holiday if you have a chance! We are looking for new ideas while we are up in the mountains- thanks!!
