4th of July weekend.. can you believe that its come and gone? Time does fly when you are having fun!! It was wonderful having Jim home on Friday (July 4th). He woke up early and went to the gym before any of us woke up. The kids and I got up and as usual got our breakfast and watched some cartoons.. you had to see their faces when they heard the garage door open! They ran to the door and as it opened, they jumped on Jim! Shane said "Daddy, do you have to work today?" It was too cute. Kayla just yelled, "Daddy, daddy, daddy!" We had a wonderfully fun day planned at our neighbours The McNeels. We were really excited for our Mexican food menu (it was decided that this year, we were celebrating 4 de Julio), some Hillbilly horseshoes and lots of fireworks! We did some running around in the morning for a few little things, Jim mowed the front lawn and I had to finish my dishes to take over to the party. I made this cake that turned out super cute and super yummy! Leave it to the Brasilian to bring the American Flag cake to the 4th of July party!!



The kids had a really fun time. This is the first year that we really let Shane light up fireworks. The more he lit, the more he wanted to lite! Kayla enjoyed the little snaps. She didn't know what to think of them at first, but then she figured that if she stepped on them, she could make them pop!

Here are some pictures of the kids.



On Saturday we hung around the house for most of the morning. Jim and Shane played some video games in the afternoon while I went grocery shopping and Kayla took her nap. Brian and Nicole invited us over for dinner and games. They had this wonderful pork tenderloin that their neighbours had given them. It was so nice of them to share! We played Skip Bo and Jim won! Kayla was tired from the night before, so she was a handful, but Jim took care of that!! Overall, a fun time had by all as usual!!

Sunday was a nice restful day. We stayed home and I cleaned the house. Jim mowed the back yard and then took Jozie to the lake to practice jumping. I got a lot accomplished since the kids were over at Bailey and Miranda's all morning. We decided to skip on our Sunday volleyball, and invited Jamie, Mark and the kids over and grilled some hot dogs and burgers instead. Our community dinners always turn out great! When we were done, we decided to go to the pool. That was the end to a great day. The water felt wonderful since it was in the mid 90s!!