My little brother, Quinton and his wonderful wife Lisa had their official wedding on June 20th. I, of course, forgot my camera, so I have been patiently waiting for my Aunt to email some and for the other wedding pictures to be delivered. Here is the first batch I have received! Damian was one of the groomsman and Isabel was one of the flower girls. More pictures and details to come!
Since we missed 4th of July Fireworks, we decided to go to firework the week after in Lowell. We normally go every year because it's not super crowded, and it's a good show. Damian's mom, Kris, road with us in our tiny little Honda, and Damian decided to squeeze in back with the kids on the way there. He looked awfully uncomfortable.
Kris normally refuses to have her picture taken, so this was my covert-ops picture taking!
Isabel playing by the beach.
This dog belongs to friends of ours. Isabel just adored it and dragged the poor dog around for a while.
Us.
And my attempt at photographing fireworks.
We went to Krupp Farms for the last day of strawberry picking for the season with our Ward's playgroup. Isabel had a blast, and Cael just enjoyed being outside, as always. Unfortunately, we were assigned to a few rows that had already been picked over once (because evidently a playgroup isn't "serious" enough about picking strawberries to get the good rows), but we managed to pick half a pound worth of edible berries. Which Isabel ate completely by herself. The little punk didn't save me any! Here are my pictures from the activity! I didn't get a ton, but a few of them turned out cute!
I'm not sure why Isabel felt the need to strike a Superman pose, but here it is...
This pictures has the most of Cael's face in it out of all my pictures. I'm pathetic!!
We had a really quiet day of July 4th since we were all sick! What a bummer! But we enjoyed spending time with each other. I made really yummy hamburgers with mushrooms and onions, and we grilled corn to make elotes (a Mexican street food, sort of like hot dogs are to Americans only with corn) and a salad with strawberries, bacon and almonds. It tastes better than it sounds! Then we set off a few small fireworks in our backyard. Isabel was in bed asleep by 9pm, which was kind of nice. If we had gone to fireworks, we wouldn't have gotten home until 11pm! All in all, it's not what I had originally planned, but it was still really nice!
Cael had Sweet Potatoes for dinner.
Isabel with her corn.
Okay, I know my blog was in desperate need of updating, so I went back and added a few entries and brought it up to date through mid June. There are still a few things I need to add, like my brother's wedding, featuring the cutest flower girl ever. So, look for more to come. But in the mean time, enjoy the updates!