4th of July Breakfast!

Every year, my Aunt Charlene hosts the yummiest breakfast of the year!!

Our group keeps getting bigger and bigger, but somehow she manages to do it!

We had macadamia nut pancakes with toasted coconut and coconut syrup, ham and cheese strata, caramel pullaparts, strawberries, bananas, cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew,  juice, chocolate milk, and more!  Mmmm!!  So yummy!!

The only thing better than the food is the company!  I started trying to get pictures of everyone, but I got distracted, and missed a bunch of people.  But, it was a great day and fun to be together!!

Our awesome hostess!!

I love the photobombs in the background!!

This is probably my favorite picture!

4th of July Part 2

After breakfast, we went to Grandpa's for a dip in the pool.

We had a fun swim with cousins and then we went to mom and dad's for a BBQ.

Mom and dad gave the kids 'bug catchers' and they had a lot of fun with that.

Following the BBQ we went to Ben and Kristy's for fireworks!

They let each kid chose their own, which was a lot more fun and interactive.

That night we went to another BBQ with the Richards and more fireworks!
It was a busy, but busy fun day!

5th of July

We managed to get a somewhat decent 5th of July family picture.

Hope you had a happy 4th (and 5th) of July!

4th of July Swim and BBQ

Have I ever mentioned that I LOVE my family!  Because I do!

They are the BEST!
I LOVED getting to be with them on the 4th!

4th of July Parade-- "Bee-Leafing in Our Future"

My AMAZING friend, Barbie, makes floats--professionally!

She's INCREDIBLE!!

She made our Stake float, which is darling, and our primary got to walk behind it.

I saw my cute friend, Emma, along the route, and she snapped these two pics for me.

Fourth of July Part One---Breakfast

We had our wonderful traditional breakfast at Aunt Charlene’s house.

She is so nice to host this, especially because our group is getting so big!

The breakfast is always delicious, and I just love any chance I get to be with my family!

The breakfast is unbelievably delicious.  

Really, probably my favorite meal of the year!!

Baked French toast.

Ham and Cheese Strata.

Breakfast Casserole.

Sticky Buns.

Sticky Buns with pecans.

Pancakes.

Whole Wheat Pancakes.

Cinnamon Rolls.

Tons of Fruit.

Milk, Juice, and Chocolate milk.

Are you salivating yet?

Now do you understand why this is my favorite meal of the year!?

Ok, can I just tell you that I am in LOVE with Lindsay’s little patriotic outfit!?  Thanks SOOO much Sophie!!  We LOVE it!!

And thanks Bridget for showing me how to do the cute star in Lindsay's hair!

I LOVE being with this crew!

Aunt Charlene lives across the street from the temple.

The kids were skinny enough to fit through the fence.

 I had a lot of kind helpers to hold Andrew...

  

I wish I would have made a video of all the conversations we had.  

We were all laughing so so hard!!

Happy Independence Day!!