Picture Post

So I've been meaning to update but have been too lazy to think of stuff to say. Instead here is a picture post of what we've been up to:
28 wk profile pic...with new haircut. My mom trimmed up the back and sides for me while she was here and I decided it was good enough so I won't be going to the salon to drastically cut it anytime soon.

Mom and Dad came to visit for a week from Utah. Mom played with the kids and exercised and Dad sat around with small spurts of metal detecting in the 100 degree heat.

Mom helped me (and by "helped" I really mean she did all the work and I supervised) plant two pots of flowers to put on our porch the morning before they left...you can't really see the flowers in this picture, but I guess that's okay.

Dad hauled our rocking chair from the back porch to the front...James thought he was chasing him with it.

Isabelle holds James' hand sometimes and "helps" him. It's cute when he goes along with it. Not so much when he's pulling away from her screaming....oh and Patrick put in a chain link fence around the back to keep James from running out into the street everytime he's outside (his favorite pasttime).

Isabelle and James finally got a new pool to play in. It looked much bigger in the picture, but they don't seem to mind.

Isabelle in her 4th of July clothes (there's a flag on her shirt if you can't see it) and Patrick grilling hamburgers....We went to see the fireworks in Gunter and were pleasantly surprised by all of the stuff they had to do in the park. Next year we'll definitely go earlier to see more of the booths as it was almost dark by the time we got there this time. That didn't stop Isabelle from playing on the swings and slide and running around crazy.Isabelle actually took this picture of us...in the dark I might add. Turned out pretty good for a three year old huh? This is us waiting for the fireworks to start.

James was not impressed with the fireworks. He liked maybe the first two and then decided they were loud and scary, so Patrick covered his ears the rest of the time. We thought they were surprisingly good and much better than we were expecting for such a small town. Though they played more traditional patriotic music over the speakers rather then Tom Petty's "American Girl" and Toby Keiths "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" which are Denton standards...it was still good though.

When we got home we set off a few small fireworks and did sparklers but it was late and the kids needed to go to bed so we didn't get to set off even half of the huge bag of stuff Patrick bought. If we manage to make it to Utah for the 24th they said we can set these off at my highschool reunion, but it's looking less and less likely we'll get to go. :(

The next morning it rained and Patrick let Isabelle go out and play in her nightgown with my Mona Lisa Umbrella. He's a much nicer parent than I am.Sunday evening I was finally able to finish making my 4th of July cake (fireworks and such ran too late to do it the night before). This is one of my favorite desserts...it's yellow sheet cake with a layer of vanilla pudding, bannanas, whipped cream and strawberries for the stripes. Generally you also have blueberries for the stars, but we decided to forgo those this year. It was still very tasty.