Happy Fourth~Happy Birthday~Happy Summer

We had a fun Fourth of July--parade, fireworks, etc. But the best part of the day was when our neighbors set up a giant slip and slide at our beach access. It brought many of the people in our neighborhood--and from our ward--to come and try it out. Even us.

 The girls loved the slide. Here's Pippy going down with Rhett.

For Summer's birthday this year, we decorated with balloons hanging from the ceiling. Because she turned FIVE years old, there were five one dollar bills in five of the balloons.

 We thought Summer and Claire would have a blast popping balloons. But the one who enjoyed it the most:

While Summer and Claire were checking out Summer's new gifts, Pyper went around and popped all the balloons with a fork. She loved it! When the balloon actually popped, the air from it blew her hair back. She thought it was so fun.

Summer requested spaghetti, cherry jello, and a white cake with raspberry frosting for dinner. I could only find cherry frosting, so we did that with some raspberries on top. Usually I try to make less cake so we aren't tempted to eat it all, but this year we didn't cut back. There was plenty of left over, however, that I did not want sitting around in the house. So we took some to three of our neighbor families. Rhett and the girls delivered them. I got the report: at Lois', the raspberries were sliding off the wobbly cake; at Bridget's, her mother-in-law opened the door and as she took the tray, all four pieces slid off right onto her shirt all over; and at the Hymas' house, one piece fell onto the floor after said cake was handed over to neighbor. So much for our good service! But we were happy to share, and I think we'll share leftover birthday cake with neighbors as a new birthday tradition.

Summer got some wonderful gifts from family and grandparents. Thanks for thinking of her and wishing her a happy day.

Summer Age 5

Favorite Color: pink, purple and blue

Favorite Movie: Jake and the Neverland Pirates

Favorite Food: Icecream

What do you want to be when you grow up: Fairy Princess

What do you like to do: play, watch movies

What kind of pet would you like in the future: Kitty, like I have on the card.

. . . "And I want to get new flip flops when I grow up."