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Rabu, 05 Juli 2017

Scenes from Easter Weekend


We had a fun filled & busy Easter Weekend that kicked off with egg dyeing at my in-laws on Good Friday.
Egg Dyeing concentration.
Cute bunny cupcakes my mother in law made with the girls:
Saturday morning was the Eggstravaganza at our church. It started at 10am. I finished sewing the girls bunny shirts at 10:01. (And never sewed the eye buttons on them. Oh well.)
Gotta love being a procrastinator.
2 Funny Bunnies.
Clearly, there is NO Bunny Phobia anymore. *Sigh*.
Keeping busy at the Eggstravaganza.
Back home on Saturday evening & picking the carrots from our garden so that we can leave them for the Easter Bunny.
These carrots started out as seeds last summer but we kept them growing for the reindeer at Christmas & now the Easter Bunny.
Sunday morning before church, the Easter Bunny seems to have left a trail....
{Last year, the Bunny left these tracks & the girls loved that he left them again this year}
The Bunny's trail continued in the house (but with bunny droppings)
The trail (of marshmallows) led them to their Easter Baskets.
I do the same thing for baskets each year...a couple of bathing suits, swimsuit cover up, flip flops & books) The only candy they get in their basket is the best Easter candy ever: Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs.
This year, Kate got 2 books and Claire got 1 book and a mini pillow pet that she has been begging for. Think she was excited?
Then it was time for the indoor Egg Hunt.
The girls would find eggs and give them to each other?!?! Who does that? It was so cute (and Claire started it) We'll see how long that lasts!
Love the colors!
Sorting the eggs by color. Be still my heart.
All ready for church with their curled hair.
2 peas in a pod:
My brown eyed girl:
After church, it was off to Mimi & Jimmy's for another set of Easter Baskets.
Then we headed to our family friends house for our annual Easter celebration.
I left my camera in the car, so I don't have any pictures.
It was such a great day & so relaxing at their house (the girls played with their youngest daughter the whole time!)
It was an Easter weekend filled with good food, great people and a heart thankful for what Jesus has done for us!

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Senin, 03 April 2017

Scenes from the 4th of July


If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know that the 4th of July is one of my FAVORITE days of the year.
We have a lot of tradition on how we celebrate 4th of July.
Our day starts out going to our friends house for their annual French Toast Breakfast.
It is so fun & their house is just a few blocks from our town parade.
We always take a 4th of July photo every year at their party on these steps :)
 
Our friends Ben & Kelly do this party right....all the French Toast you can eat, mimosas, a bounce house, a face painter & a balloon maker. Such a fun way to start off the 4th!
Then we headed down to our town parade:

 Gotta love a small town parade!
So.many. people!
Then it was time to head back to our house & get ready for our annual 4th of July Pool Party!
You know me, I love a dessert table!
Patriotic Dipped Strawberries:
Patriotic Fruit Puffs:
Patriotic Cookies:
Mini Cupcakes: 
 Appetizer table, including Corn Dip! {Recipe HERE}
7 layer Dip {Recipe HERE}
Amy made these amazing pesto flat bread bites:
And, of course, swimming...lots of swimming!
 I am a little obssessed with decorating my yard & house with flags for the party :)


The main event of the party....the food! 
Quinoa Salad:
Avacado Bacon Corn Tomato Salad...so good. I will be blogging this!
Colorful Cole Slaw:
Tortellini Pasta Salad {Recipe HERE}
Fruit Salad:
We had TONS of Tri Tip, and about 8 different kinds of sausages.
So much Sausage!!! This was Sundried Tomato Kale Sausage...delicious!
 And, of course for dessert...Jimmy's Homemade Ice Cream.
This year he made 3 flavors:
Oreo (My favorite!!)
 Peanut Butter Cup (SO good!!!)
 Coconut Banana:
YUM.
Usually our party ends around 8, but this year Kevin had a great idea to set up a movie on our front lawn with a projector for all the kids to watch. They wanted to watch Frozen (shocker!)
While the kids watched the movie, the adults played cornhole!
It was SUCH a great 4th of July, one of the best ones yet!
I hope you had a fun filled 4th!
Happy Birthday, America!

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