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Our 4th of July Week

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By Sarah
Dan had a conversation at work about blogs & one of his co-workers stated that only highly technical people have blogs... & that they are usually about technically related things.  My hubby piped up and said his wife & a lot of her friends all blogged.  When asked what we blog about Danny replied, "The exact same thing: what their kids are doing that week."  Well, here comes another one of those!  (:

Kaelah has been giving us hugs for a while now, but now she has discovered she can give good hugs to others as well.  A favorite is giving her teddy bears a hug, especially if she just fell down after pulling herself up on furniture.  Ahhh....

We are very fortunate to have Shannon with us this week.  For the 4th of July we slept in & missed the food at the ward breakfast but dropped in to say "hi" and then went to Le Peep (we had a coupon).  Yumm!  Later in the day we joined the wonderful Whipple family at our Willow Farm Park.  They are so much fun!  After a great picnic dinner we all liked watching the fireworks -- even the 2 little girls who turn 1-year-old this month!  Kaelah was so amazed that she just stared & stared until she fell asleep.  In fact, she was so tired she slept through the short bike ride home & being placed in our crib... and all the illegal fireworks on our street!  I have never seen so many people in our neighborhood out and about at night.  I just KNEW humans lived in all those houses but I've never seen most of them.  (:  I really do like the 4th of July and being with family and friends made the holiday just that much better.  We truly do feel grateful to live in America & feel even luckier to live in Colorado.  Hooray for the USA!!!

The last picture is the morning of July 5th.  I decided we better pull weeds first thing after breakfast before it got too hot (hence the pajamas in this shot).  Kaelah said it was too early in the morning to be independent & had to be let into the garden side of our little fence.  At first she played with the wood chips & poked in the dirt.  Then came the more "up close & personal" investigation of the pepper plants.  I grabbed the camera & this is Kaelah giving her oral report to Shannon on her findings.  (:

Comments

Emily said…
Kaelah is getting such a personality! She's adorable! And I love the 4th of July outfit you had her in!
July 7, 2008 at 3:04 PM
Carolyn said…
So fun to see your blog. Digital scapbooking is really fun, let me know when you get into it. Fun 4th of July and your garden is beautiful.
July 13, 2008 at 12:59 PM
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