Fun stuff

Our local stake at church had a pancake breakfast to celebrate Independence Day, on July 3.
Lilly was enjoying her whipped cream.

Maggie ate her first plate full of mostly healthy food, then went back for 3 more pancakes...buried under all that whipped cream.
When she finished this plate, the pancakes were still there, but not the cream.

I had been promising the children that if they didn't have to have oatmeal all week last week, then we could go to Top Pot Doughnuts on Saturday. It's right next to our library here and they ask every time we drive by (and sometimes when we don't) when we can go.

So, we went for lunch on Saturday.

It's a fun place with a lot of character.

TONS of doughnut selections
The blue pictures below are fun parts of the dougnut boxes.

Last night, for the 4th, Maggie saw a palm tree craft in the book we found a few weeks ago.

It looked more like a firecracker to me because she didn't get a chance to color it yet.

Normally on the 4th, we go over to Uncle Walt's and Aunt Effie's house to watch. They have a perfect view of the valley, and we enjoy sharing that tradition with them.

So, Andy and Daniel got to go.

The other children and I secured permission from security at the hospital to go see fireworks from the parent resource area on the 5th floor.

Only, when we got there last night, the night security didn't see the email. We were sent home so a patient with 50 guests wouldn't be disturbed.

We got back to our room at the House and saw the last 2 minutes of fireworks on the tv.
Beats being inpatient at the hospital though.

Today, the kids got grounded from tv (have to do that once in a while), so they got creative.

Josh, Lilly, and Maggie were lassoing the toy car in the picture. Other kids from the house got involved too, before the surprise party.

The surprise party was for Doppler's birthday. Doppler is the mascot for the Seattle Storm women's basketball team.

At the party, Lilly got to dance with some of the mascots who also attended.

Some of the ladies signing their team poster for kids here. Awesome ladies. :)

The kids are excited because for their camp tomorrow, they get to see a Storm game against the New York Liberty.