Fourth of July 2010

This year for the fourth of July, I wanted to channel Martha Stewart and try something a little creative. Above is the final result... or half of it anyways!

Below are the mixes after I colored them; it took a LOT of food coloring to get them to these colors.

I started with the blue on the botton, then the white and finally the red on top. I thought they would turn out as these perfectly striped cupcakes and I was definitely wrong, but I think they turned out even cuter. They look almost tye-dyed.

I forgot to take a picture of the red layer before I cooked them, but here is what they looked like after they finished cooking!

Mmmm... I just want to "lick the screen" as Allison said about my squash :)

I took them to Matt and Allison's fourth of July fish fry and this is what I came home with... I guess they were a success!!

I didn't take many pictures while at Matt and Allison's, but I did break the camera out for my annual trip to the falls.

Wouldn't you love to have this in your back yard?!?

Jade really enjoys living on a farm. She loves to look for creatures, she found this little guy on this visit.

She searches high and low to find as many creatures to take back to the house... I think Matt and Allison enjoy that :) :)

Girls, girls everywhere!!

Simon came along for the ride too. I think he enjoyed the fact that it was so cool!

Blaire, Aston, and Ethan talking and playing in the water (which is VERY cold might I add)!!

More GIRLS!

Allison and our cousin Cora, she is one of the sweetest girls (along with her sister Jasmine) in the world. She will come love on you anytime!

A group picture of the kids that went on this trip to the falls. Have you ever seen so many girls?!? This was not even all of the girls that came! Poor Ethan is just way outnumbered, although he will probably like the odds later on...

There was a great turn out for the fish fry and the weather was actually bearable (especially compared to the past few years!) It is fun to see kids that don't see each other very often get together and pick right back up where they left off. I can remember going to these as a kid and those memories are definitely all good ones!! I am looking forward to next year with all of the new babies that will be around!