Patriotism and Birthdays

July 3rd brought the three families here in Utah and Shanda and her children to our place for festivities.

Addie and Talia are enjoying ice cream cones in the Wisteria arbor










Not only is the arbor fun to sit in, it is fun to climb on and Talia has it all figured out.

















A visit from Shanda wouldn't feel right without a few projects. With her help, we made this little Sunday suit for Milo's upcoming one year birthday.
















Another gift for Milo for his birthday was to be a bag full of "snow balls" made of fleece and stuffed with soft fiber fill. How many balls do you think we made????







On July 3rd we gathered in our back yard for food, fun and games.


We got a lovely pavilion to help provide shade for a large group of people.








But some chose other places to sit, as well. Deren is enjoying the Wisteria arbor, Liz is near by and the boys are eating on a lawn quilt.









Here are Kasen, Addie and Marenda enjoying their food.











Shanda, Preston, Milo and Talia are enjoying their food.





















Milo decides to get into the little wading pool by himself.
















Milo is 11 months old and thinks he is as big as anyone.



















Shanda provided fun and games for the children.
Drake and Marcus are having water balloons tossed at them and they catch them in their over sized pants.







You'd be surprised how fast the water balloons disappeared when they started stamping on them.











Mitchell, Caleb, Marcus, Drake, Kasen, Addie & Talia.










Marenda and Sam and Liz and Deren.












Trina and Guy with others in the background.













A water fight began that ended up getting Shanda and Preston in the middle of it.









Shanda and Talia are wet!





















Happy Birthday Shanda! She needs help from Talia to blow out the candles on her cake.








No 4th of July celebration is complete without sparklers. Here Talia is having a great time with hers.





















For breakfast on the 4th of July I made waffles and we put ice cream on them then used mashed strawberries & blueberry pie filling to make flags.









Talia is enjoying her breakfast.















July 15, we had a birthday gathering for Liz. Drake and Marcus have been swimming.