A pic me up!

I just needed a cute picture to brighten my day (and yours). This is Alex one year ago at Church camp. We are starting to get excited about camp this year. I am going to be the camp nurse again, Livi will be in the pumpkin cabin, Alex will be with me and my dad, who is coming to help with the kids, have fun and play his guitar. Alex has grown up so much from this picture. She will be two soon and I can barely believe it! What a cutie. She still makes funny faces like this one. I love it!

7/4/09

The first adorable picture of Alex, is at Houlihan's in Mishawaka. We went with the whole Paturalski clan for brunch on Sunday before Brian had to head back to Florida. The food was great and we were in a room with essentially no other people....so we didn't disturb too many with all of the kids (Jason's sister Jen was in town with her three too!)

The bottom picture is of us waiting for the fireworks in BerrienSpring, MI. We took Livi and our neice Kaitlin. They were so good while we waited and we sat in a very non-crowded spot. We were far enough away that the noise wasn't too bad, and no one was scared. It was perfect!

After we did Houlihan's on Sunday, we went to my parents' house for an afternoon BBQ with the Durren family. It was really great to see everyone....Rachel/Jack, Jeremy, Zach/Jen, Jenna/John and kids, Aunt Amy, Gram/Gramps, uncle Brian (my mom's little brother) us and my parents. It was great food and great people.

Oh yeah...the flag cake was a delicious success.

Happy 4th of July!

I found this cake on the cover of Family Circle magazine this month. It is a light and fluffy lemon cake with strawberry swirls inside, then with homemade lemon frosting. Perfect for a Fourth of July cookout!