Patriotic Fun Food

I used this box mix from TJ’s and added some fresh berries.

 

Red, white and blue scones. They turned out amazing!!

 

Topped with fresh strawberry jam… Yes, please!!

 

The girls had fun making pretzel sparklers.

 

Melted white chocolate and sprinkles. Easy peasy!

 

Morning Glory toast.

 

Lastly, the traditional Jello Flag Cake.

I thought about making something different but since we were taking this over to Grandma’s later to share with everyone, I brought it back old school. I used to make this cake every 4th of July.

Always a crowd pleaser, for sure.

These are a few of the easy treats we made this week in honor of Independence Day. I hope one day, the girls will carry on the tradition of celebrating holidays in a simple but meaningful way with their own families.

Happy 4th!!

Sea Life’s Beauty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When August-like temperatures engulf the desert in late June, it sends us out west… to the ocean.

It was a dramatic 40 degrees cooler at the beach. So dramatic that I WAS DOWN RIGHT FREEZING when we got there in the morning. The wind was howling and that didn’t help. Thankfully, by noon, the wind died down and the sun did its job beautifully.

Note: Children are never bothered by such trivial details like freezing wind or sand storms!

Anyway, from that point on, the hours quickly ticked away like minutes.

“The Beach: the place where doing absolutely nothing is doing something.” 

We enjoyed doing nothing so much, we didn’t crawl back home until after 8pm.

Always a treat to be near the sea!