What's for lunch at the Fisher's?

Homemade mac 'n cheese with broccoli. Yummers. Who's up for a lunch date?

Bridget's 3rd Birthday

I can hardly believe that three years have come and gone already! It seems like just yesterday when I was holding her for the first time, wondering how I could be so lucky to have this beautiful baby girl as my child. She is brilliant and I love her so much.
Trenna, Bailey and Abby came to spend the day with us and Bridget was so excited about it! We had a jam packed day of fun that included:

Going to Jungle Jim's to ride the rides



Oreo ice cream cake from Coldstone

Playing with her presents

And cheesing it up in her birthday shirt.
That thing was so dirty by the end of the day, I don't know if I'll be able to wash it for her to wear to her tea party!

On Sunday we took a drive up to the Alpine Loop, which is one of our favorite places to take Sunday drives, and took some fun pictures for her third birthday. She has been so moody the last three days and today was no exception. Despite having to deal with an intense amount of whining, I got some beautiful shots of her.

Don't you love her Utah pin? So cute! Never too early to start reinforcing the red in my opinion.

4th of July 2010

Yeah, its been a little while since the 4th of July but I've been on deadline so nothing else has been getting done (come look at my house and you'll believe me). Our 4th of July was wonderful as usual. Its one of my favorite holidays along with Halloween, Christmas and Thanksgiving. The rest of the holidays - eh. I can take or leave them, but those are my favorites.
I digress, back to the 4th of July. We spent the weekend in Roosevelt with my family (minus Tonya's clan) and had a great time! On Saturday, July 3 we drove up to Flaming Gorge and had a picnic in Dutch John at Dripping Springs camp ground. They had a fire there about eight years ago and I couldn't believe how different it looks. So barren, it made me really sad. We cooked dutch ovens in preparation for the reunion and I think we have a winner.


We watched the fireworks in Dutch John and it was so much fun! I would have firework pictures to post but my dad's tripod didn't have the attachment for my camera so no pictures. Blah. We were on the front row and James, Bridget and I sat in the back of my dad's truck, snuggling under a blanket and watched one of the best fireworks shows I've ever seen. It was so much fun.

On Sunday, Trenna, Bridget and I made red, white and blue cupcakes and had sooo much fun! We put food coloring in the batter and then put a little bit of each color in the cupcake paper. Bridget tried to get the hang of mixing them with a toothpick but to be honest, she was more interested in licking the batter off the toothpick after she'd dip it in. She's my girl all right.




When the kids came over, we made pretzel sparklers and they were yummy too. Big pretzel rods dipped in white chocolate and then covered with sprinkles. Thanks Martha for that one.

We had a great dinner on the 4th and along with perfectly cooked ribeye steaks, I also made a Pavlova. It's a meringue dessert we ate in Australia. It's sooooo good. Sooooo good. Sooooo good. You should so try it, it's delish!


One reason I love the 4th of July is the amazing sense of patriotism that comes over the country. I'm very proud that I'm an American. This country might not be perfect, but if you don't like it, go some place else. I told James as we were sitting in the back of the truck watching the fireworks that this is what life is about - being with the people you love the most and celebrating the nation we live in.

I'm grateful for those who serve in our armed forces, past and present. They sacrifice a lot for all of us and so do their families. I watch Erin and how hard its been having Jason gone when he was in Afghanistan. She is strong and I'm proud of her.

Another thing I love about the 4th is the classic color scheme! I love the flags flying everywhere, and people putting out their best red, white and blue. Keep it up people, I love it!