Happy 4th of July

The kids and I made cupcakes for the 4th of July. It was messy fun!

Friday night we went to the free movie in the park and poor little Paisley fell over her stroller in the dark and split her lip open. Then last night we were doing fireworks in the driveway and she touched the top of her sparkler after it had burned out. Yes, she burned her finger and now has a blister. Who knew the 4th could be so dangerous?

We had a perfect view of the city fireworks right from our front lawn so we laid on a blanket and enjoyed the show without the crowd. It was a fun night.

Goodbye June

What a fun week! Gabe started soccer on Wednesday and really loved it. The coach asked the kids to come up with a fierce team name and Gabe suggested for his team to be called "the giraffes".

On Friday we went and visited my friend Teresa in her new condo. We went swimming and the kids loved it. She lives near my very first college job where I first met Manuel "Copies Plus", I couldn't believe it was still there so I took a picture. Hadn't seen that place in over 10 years.

My mom came up and spent the weekend with us. We went to Syracuse Heritage Days and saw the parade, the carnival and the fireworks. There was a full moon out above the lake and the fireworks were so pretty. The kids had a great time with grandma. The next day we made waffles and grandma went to church with us. Then for dinner I made these yummy taco salads - check out my recipe blog for details.

The kids cried when grandma left. They had a lot of fun with her.