A 4th of July to Remember

Our 4th this year took place at our house. It was our 1st 4th of July in our new home! We invited our families over and assigned dishes. The only thing that I made was the flag cake! 

I am learning to delegate so that I am not in pain after events ,since I am still recovering from my MVA.

I will have to say that everyone did a great job bringing their assigned items and everything was delicious!​!!

Here is  our amazing layout of food:

(The things not pictured is Mac&Cheese​, hamburgers​, hot dogs, hot wings, and steak)

 My Sister's boyfriend did all the grilling. I made a new name for him after this day, Chef Boy Our Ray! We(or I should say He) barbecued outside but the majority of us ate inside.

It was 100 degrees outside and 78 degrees inside!

The only time we came out was to watch the kids have their water fun & take family pictures.

After eating we lounged on the couch and watched Tv and a movie.

Later that night my lil Sis and I took our kids to fireworks at the Marina!

The kids could see the fireworks as we were driving to the show and they were so so excited!

I love seeing things through my kids and my nieces eyes!

I was more focused on their reactions to the fireworks than the fireworks.

I knew that the kids were experiencing a piece of magic in these moments !!!

Later that night  I asked them all what was their favorite part of the day & they all had the same answer!

Fireworks!Fireworks!

Fireworks!Fireworks!

I am glad we live in a free country to experience all these special moments with our family and kids!!!

4 Reasons Why July 4th Rocked

1.We got to experience Portland.

I am not lying when I say it is one of the prettiest places I have EVER visited.

Mr. Wonderful and I could not stop commenting on the beauty that God created in the state of Oregon.

We had our very own personal tour guide too! Our Cousin gave us a nice tour through the beauty.

2. We experienced some great 4th of July food.

There is nothing like a perfectly grilled hot dog & hamburger on the 4th of July and with all the fixings!

I had heard of Jalapeño Poppers but I fell in love with them after we finally met.

Can we say homemade ice-cream!?

Boy can say it now that he has devoured a bowl!

If only eating like this everyday did not kill you.

3. We experienced and had fun with family & their friends.

These people are what we call our Oregon family.

When I married Mr. Wonderful Jesus blessed me also with his A-mazing family.

Since day one my extended In-laws have accepted me with open arms and have given me nothing but LOVE.

Now I get to see my Boy & Girl experience the same thing!

A beautiful & Godly family is just great to witness in this day and age.

4. We experienced 4th of July Fireworks!

It was so fun getting our own personal firework show & right in the backyard!

The fireworks were so loud throughout the neighborhood that it felt like a war zone and car alarms were  going off from the impact.

The kids were amazed and intrigued in the beginning.

Boy eventually got startled and afraid. He held his Daddy tight and would not let go. We both took the kids in for a little break and put JoJo down for bed.

Boy then decided that he was brave enough to go back out to the war zone. He learned from his cousin how to plug his ears. Boy eventually left my lap and even threw some poppers on the porch!

Bonus: I had s'mores 2 nights in a row! With that said this was the best 4th of July EVER!

We felt so grateful that our Cousins contributed so much to a wonderful memory in our memory bank!