It was no Richfield 4th of July...

But we still had lots of fun. We planned to go to a parade, but Mike had to work that morning and didn't end up getting home in time, and I didn't feel like battling with two kids in the hot sun by myself. That's assuming I would have found my way there without getting lost in the first place. So, instead I made sugar cookies and we frosted them. We did it the easy way. We just dipped them in swirled red, white and blue frosting for a very cool tie-dyed look.
Jacob had fun just making a mess.

And eating the frosting.

He wasn't real interested in the actual cookie. Lizzie on the other hand wasn't real interested in the frosting. She just wanted to eat the plain cookie. And she ate LOTS of them.

We saved some for Mike. He just ate the cookies as he dipped.
The tie-dyed cookies may just have to become a 4th of July tradition from here on out. They were fun to do.

In keeping with a Chidester tradition we dressed the kids up in 4th of July outfits. (Does that dress look familiar Colleen? Thanks again!)

Later Mike grilled us up some awesome steaks. They were so, so, so good.

Sunday night we made these...

Watermelon (virgin) margaritas. They would have gone perfectly with the steaks, but unfortunately I didn't think of it until the next day. I decided these too will be a 4th of July tradition from now on. They were so amazingly good. I like them even better than regular margaritas. And you know how much I love those. :)

Mike's weekend extended through today. So we decided to take a trip up to Raleigh and check things out. We spent most of the day at the mall. They had a fun little play area that the kids played on for HOURS! haha. They had so much fun. I actually did the driving. I was so proud of myself. :) And can I just say, NC drivers know how to drive!!! I felt like I was in Utah again. People actually reached 80mph speeds! It was awesome! It made me happy.