Thursday, July 17, 2008

Gulf Shores

We are in Gulf Shores this week staying at the Lighthouse. We stayed in this condo last year, the very same unit to be exact. We loved it so much, we decided to come back for more. We spent our first day down here soaking up the sun, going from beach to pool to beach to pool. We are planning on going to Lulu's tonight to eat. I am excited to go there because I have heard so much about it. Here are a few pics from today:


Saturday, July 5, 2008

A Wonderful Day

We had a blast yesterday on the 4th. We had about 35 people for our family's annual 4th of July cookout. Adam and I both had our parents here which is very rare for them both to be here at the same time.



Adam grilled hamburger and hotdogs and everyone brought food to go with it. We had WAY to much food and I was stuffed before to long.




I was extremely happy that my brother Joey got to come. This was his first big outing since he had his stroke last October. After his stroke, he was paralyzed on his left side and could not walk and was bedridden. He had regained most of his left leg abilities but still has a ways to go on his left arm. He is walking with a walker now with assistance and we were so blessed to have him here.
The kids enjoyed the pool...


And the adults enjoyed conversation and a good old fashioned gospel singing....



Everyone left at around 4:30 and we cleaned up real fast, rested for about 30 minutes and got ready for our friends who were coming at 6:00. Adam grilled chicken and we enjoyed our time with Karen, Steve, Al, Lacey, Lee and Luke. We ended the night with a few fireworks.




Thursday, July 3, 2008

July 4th Prep




We are having a TON of family over for the 4Th of July so yesterday I decided what I could pull together as far as decorating goes. I found a few red candles and some napkins that I had in storage. I also found my lollipop tree with my patriot lollipops. I did a search for easy to make decorations online and found these glorious stars from Martha Stewart . It took Amy and I about an hour to make our star garland and they turns out so great! I am going to clean and do more decorating today.
I made this flag cake last night for church and will make another for Friday. It was yummy and easy!! You can find the recipe HERE