July Celebrations

 Celebration time for many of us!! And starting off the month was of course the 4th of July which is Robby and Jill's anniversary and Aleahs birthday!  This year she was turning Sweet 16 and Jill decided to throw her a surprise party at a clubhouse - she planned it SO well and I sure loved all of her ideas!  Jessi and Kenzie drove up to be part of it and the party turned out awesome!

It was a "dress up" party and Kenzie and Aleah looked SO CUTE in their dresses - and I LOVE the fact that even when they're dressed up, they wear their tennis shoes!

Cutest cupcakes ever!  Can you guess that "pink" was the signature color?

And back at home, opening her special gifts!

Robby and Jill opened their anniversary cards - what a celebration day for all of them!

Most of the kids went to see fireworks on the 4th - we opted to just stay home and actually watched a cool show with a lot of 80's country artists which we both enjoyed AND watched the spectaular fireworks at Washington DC!

Next up was Jessi's birthday on the 10th!  She had a wonderful day with gifts and ice cream!

And on the the 13th, it was Jill's and my birthday!  We do enjoy spending our birthdays together but it just hasn't worked out the last couple of years!  Jill went out with a friend to see an 80's rock band at a park so she had a wonderful time too!

And then there's me - no, this isn't a picture of me - HA!  My brother and his wife came into town on my birthday so we enjoyed cocktail hour together and I fixed a nice meal!  It was great to see them!

No picture of me - when you're the one always behind the camera, it just never happens!!  Glenn and I did go out to eat on Saturday night at a new "pub" in town - it was packed though so ended up eating at the bar which is never as comfortable as a table but the food was excellent!  I think next year I'll go all out and take a selfie........