July 4th Weekend

Mom & Dad (aka Mimi and Poppa) came to visit this weekend, and, as usual, we've enjoyed our time with them. Mimi, Jenna, and I picked blueberries yesterday morning--something we all enjoyed and will have to do again soon.



Then we used my grandmother's recipe for homemade pie crust and my grandfather's blueberry pie recipe. It turned out really yummy, so I'll definitely have to try to make another one again soon.


We have eaten yummy grilled out meals this weekend too: hamburgers, hot dogs, and barbeque chicken. All were fabulous. We've almost finished an entire watermelon--mostly because of me--and also had some especially sweet & flavorful corn on the cob, which Jenna loved.

We then went outside to watch fireworks in our neighborhood--both on the 3rd and 4th of July. We enjoyed great displays of color against the dark sky and also caught some lightning bugs (aka fireflies) for Jenna. She didn't like the noise (even though she's covering her eyes in this picture), but she loved the fireworks.



She even ended up falling asleep on Randy, in the midst of all of the fireworks--a true sign that she's worn herself out with all of the fun.