Happy Fourth of July!

Happy July Fourth! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday. We certainly did. Nothing too crazy, just had a few friends over for a cookout.

We went out Saturday morning to pick up our new grill. The old one, back from the days on Leitch Rd. in Ferndale, had seen some better days. Our new Weber grill sure is shiny! Aaron and his buddies had some fun putting it all together. We grilled steaks, sausages, hot dogs and hamburgers on it to christen it. I guess it truly is a testament that I'm "just a girl" because as long as it cooks the meat I'm happy! But, Aaron seems to be pretty pleased with it.

Chad, Aaron, Chad, & Adam assembling the new grill.

It was a scorcher outside on Saturday. But then again, everyday seems to be ridiculously hot. Clara and I found some relief from the heat playing in her pool and running through the sprinkler. I had forgotten how much fun playing in the sprinkler can be! We had a blast and will definitely be doing it again!

Love that smirk on her face! It's all "Daddy"!

Kim & Clara having fun in the sprinkler.

As always, Clara seems to have a "new" thing every time we turn around. Now it's "giving five". It's not something I have done much with her. But at swim class Friday, our instructor, Dusty, gave Clara "five" when she "reached and pulled" in the water all by herself. Clara thought it was great! She's been doing it all weekend. She is doing very well with her baby sign, too. She's saying "please" in this one because she wants to get down from the chair....even though she just asked to get up into the chair 1.5 seconds before!

Our pretty girl asking pretty please

Our goofy girl got her hands on Daddy's hat and was running around the kitchen in her pj's.

Well, that was our holiday weekend. We hope you all had a great long weekend. Take care and lots of love. xoxoxox