Sunday, July 15, 2012

July Celebrations



Mike & I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary recently.
We are both amazed at how quickly time goes by, and grateful
that every year together is better than the last. 

Happy 4th of July from our family to yours!

The stars of the show: Marisa, Kieran, and cousin Haley.  

The whole gang: grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, parents, sisters...
it was great to have everybody together as we celebrated Independence Day!

The joy of every holiday is seeing how the kids respond to the festivities.
They handled the chaos of the fireworks really well, but wanted ear plugs.  

Boys of all ages love explosives!

Mommy & Marisa enjoying a little snuggle hug while watching
Daddy set off some fireworks.


We tried a new recipe recently- Outrageous Cookie Bars.   Yum!!
Visit my Mom Thoughts Blog for the recipe. :)