Learning2Love is hosting the Loveliness of Family Games carnival today. Go visit!

The loveliest games played at the ranch as a family during this late summer/early fall are outdoors. Somehow everyone migrates out front after dinner. Not sure if the pull is the cool evening air or an aversion to dishwashing but there they all end up. You can see the biggest kid is always in the thick of things. <g>  The favorite last spring was kickball but that has been replaced by football these days. It makes no difference to me. It just makes me happy watching them together.

We seem to have always had outdoor games as an integral part of our lives. I can’t recall a yard without a kickball/baseball diamond worn into the grass. There have always been children – ours and neighbors – trailing after Allen in the driveway, the culdesac, and now the pasture as he led one impromptu team or another. I can’t think of a better way to end the day. : )