This weekend was so much fun! The actual weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) was leisurely with Dan going to see Transformers and the girls and I decorating the wagon for the 4th of July. The girls also entertained us by doing a fashion show of hats. Hannah wearing Grandpa's hat (this was Dan's dad).

Gryffyn wearing Papa's hat (this was my dad's dad.)

We also made a 4th of July inspired dessert. It was strawberries with melted white chocolate and blue sugar....Yummy!

Monday morning Daniel ran in a Triathlon at Trade Winds Park in Coral Springs, FL. It is a little south of where we live, so Daniel went early in the morning to get everything ready for what he needed and the girls and I followed to be his cheering section during the bike and running portions. We never make it in time for the swimming. Since his swimming is usually under 6 minutes, I think that by the time we figured out where he was he would be done with that portion. He did a great job and shaved some time off of his previous triathlon. He also got to break in some new shoes with this race.

The girls loved hanging out and cheering "Go Daddy Go", after he had already pasted us and enjoyed the snacks I packed for our mini morning adventure.
Our friends Bink and Kristin also raced and they did an awesome job! I love how Bink supports Auburn even during Triathlons!


This afternoon (after long naps for everyone), we went to our Neighborhood Block Party. This tradition has been going on for over 30 years and it was a blast to be a part of it this year. Our Neighborhood does not have an HOA (Homeowners Association), we have a HOSA (Homeowners Social Association). This means that each family pays $15 a year to fund our social functions like 4th of July and Christmas Party. The hamburgers and hotdogs were provided and each family brought a side dish or appetizer. We took Pizza Dip, which was a huge success.

They also had lots of entertaining activities like hula hoop contest, bubbles, slip and slide, doughnut eating contest, line dancing, greased watermelon relay, and water balloon toss. Uncle Sam blessed us with his presence while balancing on stilts during the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance.


This is Brooke, the girls new babysitter. She lives on the next block and couldn't wait for the girls to finish eating so she could dance with them and show them how to hula hoop.

This weekend was a pretty lazy one and we loved it! We took care of a few things around the house like laundry, cutting the grass, and going to get an oil change in one of the cars....but other than that, we lounged around the house. This is something we have become experts at doing.

Daniel reading a story to the girls before naps.

The girls have different hooded towels for when they take baths. Each hooded towel depicts a different character. We have a bunny, monster, duck, hippo, butterfly, and princess. Daniel has been able to teach the girls to make different sounds when they are wearing certain towels. Hannah really likes the yellow duck and will say, "Hannah Duck Quack Quack" and Gryffyn really likes the monster, and Hannah will say, "Gryffyn Monster ROAR". Due to the repeating performance in our house, we decided to watch Monsters, Inc. Sunday night in honor of our little monster.
The girls grabbed their Pillow Pets and blankets and curled up on the floor for a good movie. I love this because I can remember doing this exact same thing when I was a kid.

It makes me laugh that Hannah needs this heavy blanket to sleep with and puts another blanket on top of that. She is so much like me...it's scary. From this picture of her under the blanket, you would think we were still up in TN in the dead of winter instead of where we really are, which is south FL, middle of summer, experiencing 96 degree heat.

And I leave you today with one last funny from Hannah. She found her daddy's cargo shorts in the laundry basket and tried to put them on. She kinda got confused and put them on upside down, as well as only used one leg. It would have made a very cute skirt.

Dan's best friend growing up, John, came to visit this week. John, Yisel, and their daughter (Harper) came to visit Yisel's sister & family in Miami Gardens for the week and were able to fit in a visit with us Thursday and Friday nights, and they were also able to go down to Islamorada this weekend, which is where John and Yisel got married.

John is an awesome photographer and had fun taking pictures of all the cuties!