photos from my independence day

It was a wonderful Independence Day! Good time with family, lots of yummy food, fun with sparklers, s'mores 

and watching the big fireworks by the lake... so many fun things about the Fourth of July!!

Also, the Fourth of July was the perfect time to use my new Mason Jar Beverage Dispenser! The kind people at Personal Creations sent me an email telling me that my blog was chosen as a favorite of theirs!!!! And they offered to give me a personalized gift from their website. I searched their website for the perfect item for my family to enjoy and when I saw the Mason Jar Beverage Dispenser I knew it would be perfect. They even personalized it for my family. I was so surprised and honored by their kindness!! I love how cute it is and that it holds 2 gallons. It has turned out to be such a great gift and I know I will use it many more times. I am so thankful for all the kindness from Personal Creations. They seem to be a really great company and they definitely have a big variety of products available!

And here are some more photos from my Fourth of July...

I hope you all had a wonderful Independence Day!!

cute pumpkins + lately

This is what my Halloween looked like... 

Plenty of candy. Charlie Brown. And a happy pumpkin face. 

My ideal way to spend Halloween... not much different from most years!  :)

Festive orange nails & a good quote from one of this week's Bible study sessions.

And... this week I was baking with apples again... This time I made apple bread.

labor day weekend, part one

Saturday was my brother's birthday, so we went to Denver for a Rockies game to celebrate!! 

Unfortunately, the Rockies are having a pretty bad season, BUT they won this game!! 

There was a grand slam & in the ninth inning we caught a foul ball... Ahh! 

It was all very exciting & a really fun gift for my brother!! :)

I am so thankful that God blessed me with such a special time with my family.

On Sunday afternoon, my whole family got together for a little birthday & labor day celebration! 

We had good food & of course, fun times with this cute little girl... 

I am still going through all of my photos from Hot Air Balloon Festival. I took so many!!

So, I will share those soon...

snapshots of my fourth of july

It was a great 4th of July!!

:)