Fourth of July - Starr style

We had a great Fourth of July! We always do. This year was little different because instead of having a big party we decided to have a smaller get-together so the families who did come could spend the night. This made it so nice because the little ones could go to bed and the adults could stay up and talk and not have to worry about the long drive home. We had such a great time, I wish we had done this more often while living here.
One of my favorites from this weekend: Cody and I were figuring out what to make the boys for breakfast. We label each day by the meat on the allergy rotation schedule. So I said, "Today is Chicken Day." Cody then, knowing the drill, proceeded to make waffles for the boys. Then, Brian was about to get a waffle and his wife, Becky said, "Oh, you don't want that. That's not for you." And gave him a look. She thought there was chicken in the waffles!

A little slice of America

Look what iGot for my anniversary

mmmuuuwhaah!

I love LOVE my new iPhone and my husband is pretty great too. So now that I have this, I need to know what is your favorite APP?


I have already got Pandora on my list. I guess it's not much of a list if you only have one item on it so please help me out seasoned iPhone users! Oh, and if you're confused about our anniversary, it's because I couldn't stand to wait until August to get this puppy!

We had a berry good day

It's that time again...We got word the berries were ready so we donned our hats, rustled up our free labor, uh, I mean the kids and made the trek out to Bailey's Barry Patch. We got there early in an effort to beat the heat, but I think we were a couple of months late. The heat made us work quickly to collect 4 gallons of blackberries. That should last the boys through the night! Actually, what we collected last year only lasted 6 months and I think we only made one cobbler. If we have to move into an apartment when our house sells, our nearest and dearest friends and family can expect some cobbler or at the very least some frozen blackberries because we'll have to pull the plug on our freezer. Are your fingers and toes crossed for us to sell our house now?


This berry farm is pesticide-free and it's a good thing because Kyle can't seem to wait until we wash the berries before eating them. He actually looks pretty clean this year.


This is one of the few good pics I got of Barrett. He was too busy picking berries to look at the camera. We happened to run into a friend from Barrett's school there. Isn't it funny how you always run into people you know when you leave your little corner of the world?


With acres and acres to roam, they insist on occupying the same square inch!

When we got home, we took naps, at least I did which makes it a good day right there! Why don't my kids have the same philosophy? After dinner, I made a blackberry cobbler. Then, Cody and I danced in the kitchen while it was cooking. Can't ask for a better ending to my day than that! Dessert and dancing with my man.


This was the first time I made this recipe. It tasted great, but I think cobbler should be super easy to make and this one was an ordeal. I probably won't make it again. It looked pretty though.

Hawaiian Falls

We took the boys to Hawaiian Falls today. It was a great time. They can't wait to go back! They rode all the slides they were tall enough to ride, we took a trip around the lazy river, splashed in all the splash pad areas, and Kyle was very adventurous in the wave pool...although he may think he's 6 feet tall. It's a good thing we're getting swim lessons soon!



Barrett coming out of one of the slides

Kyle did this slide at least 20 times!

You gotta have snacks when you go swimming. Here's Barrett eating his gorp. I don't know if I can really call this gorp because I am not exactly sure but I think G.O.R.P. stands for Good Old Raisins and Peanuts but I am too tired from Hawaiian Falls to google it right now. Anyway, this is raisins, roasted peas, and sunflower seeds. I guess that would make this gorpass? hehe. yummy.

It was a peaceful, quiet ride home.

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

Band-Aids

This is Barrett covered in Handy Manny Band-Aids while giving me his "Tough Guy" face.

Here's a little poem that is very fitting.

Band-Aids by Shel Silverstein

I have a Band-Aid on my finger,

One on my knee, and one on my nose,

One on my heel, and two on my shoulder,

Three on my elbow, and nine on my toes.

Two on my wrist, and one on my ankle,

One on my chin, and one on my thigh,

Four on my belly, and five on my bottom,

One on my forehead, and one on my eye.

One on my neck, and in case I might need 'em

I have a box full of thirty five more.

But oh! I do think it's sort of of a pity

I don't have a cut or a sore.

monkey business

Daddy's on a "business trip" at DisneyWorld. We sent along one of the boys' friends to help document his trip. He's a sarcastic little monkey that is reporting back to us about everything Daddy is up to. (Pics taken with camera phone)
By the way, I am showing the pictures to Barrett as I get them and I am posting them here so hopefully Papa can show Kyle. Here's the monkey's report so far... This band played Disney music like "When you wish upon a star" in the hotel lobby. I wished I hadn't pooped on that tray when that man blew the horn right in my ear!

Your daddy's Dessert. He ate the whole thing and didn't offer me one bite despite my wimpering and unmasked display of pathetic, precious, starving puppy-dog eyes.Your daddy almost cut me out of this shot! Good thing I leaned over! There's some boats, and if you squint real hard you can see the DisneyWorld Castle in the background. Maybe we'll get closer later...
Your daddy said he saw a mouse so I jumped up here on this rolled up towel. I wonder why it's all rolled up like this...

More to come later