Wednesday, August 3, 2011

4th of July Celebrations and Decorations!

Here are the 4th of July decorations I put up this year!  My home was very patriotic if I do say so. 

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Mom and I spent an evening making these great fabric flags!  It made for a unique arrangement!  

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Here is the chair I had picked up at a Salivation Army in Ventura that I decided to give a bit of a festive look.  It turned out super cute and looked festive on the front porch! 

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My beautiful flower beds blooming in red white and blue!

Decorating Jessica’s Grave

One of Jessica’s most favorite holidays was the 4th of July.  She truly  was the queen of this holiday.  She and Mom would always have an incredible 4th of July breakfast.  All the family was invited and we would have divine food (of course)  and then we would sing and have a family talent show.  Oh how I miss Jessica and her wonderful talents and abilities to make every holiday extra special!

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Mom found these great solar lights that made a neat pattern on her stone!

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The beautiful sunset from her grave. 

Mom’s house!

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Mom invited us over for a most delicious 4th of July breakfast!

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These homemade raspberry scones were to die for; mmmmm yummy!

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This garland we put together turned out adorable!

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The delectable breakfast!

Stadium of Fire!

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Leaving Grandma’s and heading to the Stadium of fire!

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We were in the seats that were facing west!  Talk about baking in 95 degree weather before the show started!  Charlie was trying to find respite from the heat and was going under our legs!  

After the sun went down it was quite pleasant and we had the best seats in the house for the fire works!

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The programs came in handy, I made everyone a fan! 

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The F-22 Raptors that did a fly over from Hill Air Force Base.  This has always been one of my favorite parts!

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David Archuleta was the opening act.  He did a great job singing but when it came to talking to the audience he was a bit awkward!  

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There is Brad Paisley!  It was such a fun concert!

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Sense I can never capture a great picture of fire works with my camera I found some on line of the presentation this year!  The fire works were choreographed to great music.  It was quite the show!

Happy 4th of July!

Art Festival down town Salt Lake!

This is a wonderful event to attend.  Mom’s friend who is involved in orchestrating this event said that it is ranked 14th in the nation!

This is our second year attending and it was very enjoyable.

Kids Art Area

Charlie loves perfecting his art skills.  He is becoming quite the little artist.  A chip of the old block! Winking smile

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Next we went to the Mad Hatter Booth where Charlie got to choose a hat style  and then decorated it! Here he is in the process of decorating.

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ta da, turned out very nifty! 

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The best Dad in the world wearing the hat Charlie made so Charlie could play in the water!

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This is a puppet made out of rope, the kids pulled on ropes attached to it to move it. 

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Someone completely covered a Mini Cooper in knitting!  It was neat to look at.

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Waiting down town for Trax to take us back to  Sandy!  Again Robert is so stinking cute in this hat; even with teenagers snickering at him he did not get insecure and take it off.  He was so sweet to wear this hat after Charlie asked if he would!

Father’s Day!

What can a wife do to make her husband feel special and loved on Father’s day….cook a delicious meal of course!

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Fresh watermelon, corn on the cob, green salad, roasted pork loin, and twice baked potatoes.  Oh it was delicious! 

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Robert loves going disc golfing and so when I saw this at Costco I thought it was the perfect gift for him.  Now he can practice putting. 

The great part of this basket is that it is portable!

We adore this incredible father and husband!  He is the best man in the entire world!  Happy Father’s Day darling!