The 4th and 5th...

This year was the first year in a long time that we celebrated not only 4th of July but Marc's Birthday! For years in the past we spent the holidays typically engaged in our Summer Outreaches to Mexico, leaving no time to party. This Summer however, we celebrated both, which made for a fun weekend!

Call me a nerd, but I had always wanted to bring red, white and blue Jello to a BBQ, this year my dream came true! I wasn't sure how to layer the two different colors of Jello, but I figured it out, (you have to let one color set completely before you pour on the next layer on top) The Final product above was berry blue jello with Blueberries, Strawberry Jello with Strawberries and a homemade white whip cream ( mixed heavy whipping cream and sugar) toped with fresh strawberries and blueberries as well!

Jennifer and Zarina kept the entertainment coming at the table!

And this year Marc took advantage of his FIREWORKS! ( love this picture because he looks like a little kid- devious face!)

Caleb tried out his Pyro hand. Success.

Late into the night, and we were still having fun!

The next evening (July 5th) was another BBQ, Just for Marc!

I made him strawberry and cream cupcakes! Spice up any strawberry box cake mix, by adding sliced strawberries to the batter. Because Marc is not a fan of real sweet stuff, I used the homemade whip topping instead of frosting! They were good!

Huge thank you to everyone who showed up that night, it was a lot of fun!

Happy Summer!