Woo Wee.. Whata Weekend

Wow, this has been one heck of a weekend...very very relaxing, but very fun. One of my favorite things to do is lay out by my parent's pool, listen to country music, drink a fruity drink or two, and be with the ones I love...and that's exactly what I did this weekend. The only ones we were missing were Hail and Matt- they were having a fun time in St. Louis, so I guess we forgive them.

I thought the terrible weather was going to ruin my only weekend in Fayetteville this summer, but I was wrong. It rained and rained until late afternoon- which gave me the perfect reason to stay in the kitchen all morning and cook my little heart out- and boy did I. Mom was preparing to have friends over and I just wanted to bake some fourth of July goodies. I had previously baked my homemade chocolate chip cookies (thank you pioneer woman), and brought them over to my parents for their festivities, but that wasn't enough. Steven suggested I make the wonderful crawfish dip that my friend Morgan's mother makes and since we had a TON of leftover crawfish tails in the freezer from my graduation crawfish boil, I thought it was a great idea. It turned out to be a GREAT hit! I'll post the recipe soon...it is a MUST HAVE for any party. I had been talking on and off all day to one of my favorite friends Callie and she was making festive "cupcake pops" from the famous bakerella...so i was inspired. I didn't go through the whole making them look like cupcakes process...I dubbed mine "cakeballs". I did them in a hurry and just drizzled icing over them. They were so fun and very festive. We had a great time with my parents and their friends, but made it an early night. I had my little mind set on making it to church (see, when you're never in town- you never get to go to church). I love my church.. it makes me smile! Right after church we headed straight for 1445 (my parents house) and got our swimsuit on. What a perfect day with my parents, sis and BIL, my grandparents, stevie wonder, and the CUTEST/ SMARTEST child on the earth. I won't say much...I'll let my pictures do all of the talking. I'm off to pack my lunch and go to bed early- I'm officially a graduate student tomorrow-EEEEEK!!

{me with my creations}

{my "cake pops"- if cal had a blog, im sure her's would blow mine out of the water}{me and the absolute love of my life}{I'm so lucky to have her}{the next two are for Morgan- she gave B this cute doggie purse. She LOVES IT...thank you MO!!}{wow..look at that hair}{my little rockstar before she turned into a fish}{I have never in my life seen a 2 year old jump in and go all the way under}{see why i love her so?}{so excited to pick the first zucchini}{then she preceded to use it as a microphone to sing "The Climb" by her idol Miley Cirus}{I think she's hannah Montana here...you would have to ask her :)}

Hope everyone had a great fourth of July!