Our Fourth

Even though we weren't feeling good, we managed to make it down to Dee Dee's house for a little 4th of July celebration.  When you're sick, there's only one other place you can go and that's grandma's house;)  Grey was feeling a lot better and Sailor had a fever.  So, I gave her some Motrin, dressed them both up, and we were out the door.  I had this really cute star dress for Sails but I just didn't feel like putting her in it since she was sick. 

This was how our day started...

The motrin had clearly kicked in and sailie was fighting her brother over the ball...

Grey looks so grown up here, doesn't he?  He looked so cute and patriotic...

My mom was sharing some vacation pictures...

We made ice cream cones dipped in red/white/and blue sprinkles...

and we made some pretty fancy 4th of July root beer floats:)

I made sure to bring down my baby bjorn because Sailor was in a clingy mood and I ended up using it towards the end of the night...

When we got home, Grey let me snap a few more pics of him...Sailor was already sleeping and in bed...

I have to tell you I was a little sad.  I had this vision in my head of sitting on a blanket with my family watching the fireworks and watching Grey's face light up as he saw each one sparkle in the sky.  And I thought about all the awesome pictures/moments I would have captured.  It's a bummer that we didn't get to do that this 4th of July due to sickness.  Oh well -there's always next year, right?!

In other news, I think we are all on the road to recovery!  Thank goodness!  Here's to a nice layed back kind of weekend...

This was today...see - I know tootie is feeling better because she is back to raiding my cupboards;)

Happy Friday!

Summer Weekending

 We were at the pool all weekend...thanks to our life long neighbors... Saturday I actually helped a friend take some pictures at a wedding so my mom and Deb took the kids to the pool and Sunday we were ALL able to join in on some good ol' summer fun:)

This girl has plenty of sun hats to keep her face protected all summer long and for the most part she keeps them ON - thank goodness!

Auntie Amy picked Sailor up this float...how nice of her...We wanted one with an umbrella over her for the shade...

Now if I could get her to keep the sunglasses on we'd be good to go;)

After swimming we all went home...the kids took naps...and then we went out to eat for Papa Davey's birthday.  We met at Rip's for some GOOD fried chicken...

After dinner we came back to our house for some ice cream cake...

here are the pics from our sweet little birthday party for Papa!

haha!  Look at Papa here...he was trying to get Sailor's attention - can ya tell?!

Clearly Sailor was SHOT...

Happy Birthday Papa Davey!
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And yesterday we had a dr. appt in the morning and then I had to do a Kohls run because I had a 30% off coupon to use up and then a Walmart run because I needed diapers and a few groceries...It wasn't a very exciting Monday but it was a little rainy so there wasn't much to do anyway...

But last night I made shrimp kabobs and they were SO good!  I just cut up a red, orange, and yellow pepper, an onion, and threw in some shrimp - marinated them in some italian dressing and then Nate grilled them...I love to grill in the summer -it's so good and so easy...just thought I'd share...

Happy Tuesday!

Some things to Share...

Last night I tried a recipe from Pinterest.  It was going to be Parmesan Crusted Tilapia but it ended up being Parmesan Crusted Cod. 

When I got to the grocery store they only had farm-raised tilapia and I was being picky for once because believe me I AM NOT PICKY about this kind of stuff usually.  So then I had to get the WILD cod.  I used the same recipe though and it was really good.  It can be found here.  And it was super easy and I'm ALL about easy!

And we added in some fresh asparugus, a salad, a twice baked potato for Nate, and some fresh fruit.

 It was yummy!  Greyson even liked the fish.  Sailor is not quite there yet;)

Oh and while I cooked I had some of this...can you believe this is the first time I've tried Summer Shandy?  I can't!  Where have I been?  So good!

After dinner we decided to take a ride out to Nate's parents house.  Once we got there we pulled out the 4 wheeler and went for a few rides in the woods. 

First up...this mama!

sorry for the blurry picture...Dee Dee was trying to take it while holding Sailor...

yikes, but you get the idea... 

Of course, Greyson does not go anywhere without that lighsaber...

And this would be today...Nate and Greyson did a little fishing this morning...and they caught quite a bit...some blue gill and some crappie

Fishing buddes for life:)

Sailor just wanted to grab it and squeeze...haha! 

She will be going on these little fishing trips soon enough.

And just a couple of my sweet Sailor in the tubby today because she was IN NEED of one;)  She may or may not have gone 2 days without one...stinky lil' girl this morning is ALL better - ha!