Red, White, and Blue

Well, it turns out Tayla didn't come over (she went to bed early to get some much needed rest as they are all going to see Dora live today!) and Bella was a lil bummed about that but the night was a success!

Bella and I had dorky hats and had made one for Tayla too but Binds ended up wearing up.

The fireworks were on my hat!

The salads were great (and even BETTER today, as macaroni salad gets better the next day) and I had everyone try THOUSAND island on their burgers inpsired by my much missed IN n OUT! (Everyone liked it!)

All in all, I had a great 4th, great American food (I got my moms recipes-if you can call it that, as to what to put in the salads, since I like hers the best!), great drinks (we should've had bud, right?) and everyone wore Red, White and Blue! They did ask if they had to do anything special before dinner... seeing as on the last American Holiday they celebrated they all had to go around the table and say what they were thankful for. I replied, "yup, you have to say why you like me since I'm the only american here".

Oh, and it took Carl a good hour after he got home and the others got here of noticing everyone was wearing RWB and American flags to figure out it was the 4th (I think it was mentioned in conversation). He was like, "I wondered if were having an American welcome party" or something to that nature, it was pretty funny. I guess he wasn't informed of the purpose behind the dinner, just that we were having one!

Martha Stewart Calling...

Bella and I made cookies for her grandpas birthday on June 5th after her nap! Now this may not seem like a big deal to most people....but I've NEVER made homemade cookies in my life. I've always bought the predone ones and put them on a cookie sheet. The most I've done is cut apart the cookie dough and put it on a cookie sheet. We decided on Snickerdoodles and Oatmeal Rasin, good ol' American Classics (that way if they were horrible no one would've had them before!)

Everyone LOVED them! (I also made dinner that night!) Yay me!

Anzac Day

Happy Anzac Day! For those (like me) who didn't know what it was...here is a little info. "Anzac Day occurs on 25 April. It commemorates all New Zealanders killed in war and also honours returned servicemen and women." More importantly, the date marks the "anniversary of the landing of New Zealand and Australian soldiers – the Anzacs – on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915." While it led to a military defeat the day in history was the start of New Zealanders having a distinct nation, even if they were fighting on the other side of the world or in the name of the British Empire. (Remember, New Zealand only gained total independence from Great Britain in 1947)

~~I slept in today!! YAY! It was much needed after a crazy busy week. Its great to spend so much time with the kids but I felt like I was always with them and really just wanted to sleep! Carls sister and neice will be here later so we'll have a full house for the weekend, should be fun. I may go out and see if anything is happening in this tiny town since there are loads of people here for the long weekend. But...that involves me actually being productive and I'm quite enjoying sitting here doing absolutely nothing while the kids are upstairs!!