Happy Birthday Merica

So last week we had Jake's parents here for the 4th of July holiday

They got in Wednesday morning with Jake's older brother Bryan

Bryan just made the move to Utah so Jake's parents helped move him up here

it just happened to be the 4th as well

so we celebrated

Photo taken on my iPhone

Photo taken on my iPhone

Photo taken on my iPhone

 I made these fruit skewers on the 4th

Photo taken on my iPhone

Photo taken on my iPhone

fruit trifle I made

Photo taken on my iPhone

When Jake and I were coming back home from our California vacation in May, we got toys

we stopped at an indian reservation and bought a lot of fireworks

we the boys had fun setting them off

Photo taken on my iPhone

This holiday was definitely all about food and fun, as all holidays are. I had a lot of fun making all the treats. Everything was red white & blue. We snacked on shrimp w/cocktail sauce. Jake made some pretty good burgers, and we had Hawaiian Punch and blue Mountain Dew for drinks. There were (obviously) plenty of treats. We had a lot of fun setting off the fireworks and watching Stadium of Fire from our neighborhood. I dunno if I'd ever wanna go & fight traffic/pay money for a concert and firework show. We could (honestly) hear everything from our streets, and see the firework show just fine. No traffic either. My kinda 4th :) We were sad to see Jake's parents leave Sunday morning, but they made it safely back to California, and I know Jake's really excited to have his brother twin live here, now. They really are two peas in a pod and it was nice being together for this wonderful holiday. Happy Birthday Merica. We're so thankful for the freedom (or lack there of, we're soon to have).