It was a lovely evening outside

Yesterday afternoon, we hosted a gathering for Andrew's department.  Six of the seven others in the department joined us, and one brought the entire family.  As we are close with that family and they have young children we adore, we were all thrilled.  It was a lovely day and we all ended up being outside into the early evening.  Everyone departed by 8:00, which was fine with us.  It was so gorgeous outside though, and I told Andrew I didn't want to be cooped up in the house the rest of the evening.  We took a drink and went out to the back patio.  We even took my laptop so we could continue to follow along with the Reds game, which turned into a rout of the Cubs.  It was an absolutely lovely evening to be outside and relax for a bit!  We haven't had too many ideal outdoor evenings this summer, but I am grateful last evening was one of them!