4th of July

I got a text before the 4th from Angela (from CT ward, cut my hair, wonderfully amazing!).  They were driving out to UT and wondered if they could stop by to say hi - um, HECK YES!!!  

So for the 4th of July we had a BBQ with Jake's parents and the Bowes.  We had such a great time catching up, meeting Calvin, seeing how big their girls are, and visiting.  I wish they lived closer!!!  Hopefully all their future road trips to UT will include a stay at our house (hint hint).  

 Yummy hamburgers - Jake's secret recipe cooked by our resident grill master!

I made a patriotic jello salad - ironically I used the same bowl for my jello disaster of 2009.  (quick recap: P&W potluck at work, decided to bring a Utah classic: jello, made a blue jello with red swedish fish in a glass fish looking bowl, didn't have a refrigerator at work to put it in, really hot day, by the time the pot luck started the jello had melted/separated into a gooey gross mess and the fish became engorged/white and were floating at the top like dead fish....... soooo embarrassing.  Needless to say once I saw the condition of my beautiful work of art and immediately grabbed it and hid it at my desk.  Mortifying.  In fact, I had flashbacks while making this jello but luckily this one turned out ok - you can't go wrong with cream cheese!)

The girls had so much fun.  Scarlett was a sweaty, sticky mess!

Scarlett saw the older girls playing horse so she just jumped on Lucy's back.  Lucy was a great sport and gave her a ride around the yard!  The next morning Scarlett kept asking "Lucy go?"

 Fireworks, Fireflies, Popsicles, and Glow Jewelry... a great day!!!