The Fourth and the Fish

What a great weekend we had! Jim, Avery and I went up to the farm for the 4th of July. It's always so nice to get up there and escape! Mawmaw loved getting to spend lots of time with Avery, even though she "stranger-dangered" her at first! Mawmaw couldn't believe how much she had changed since we were up in April! Even though poor Jim got put to work cleaning up some of the brush and clipping tree limbs, I think he enjoyed his time away as well. We got to experience a lot of cooking by Master Chef Bop (aka Dad). Apparently last weekend when he was with Mike he was taught how to make Breakfast Burritos. I was actually really impressed! This is his recipe (I hope it's not supposed to be top secret)

Tortillas
Ground Sausage (cooked)
sour cream
6 Eggs scrambled (mix raw eggs with
1tsp Taco seasoning)
Cheddar Cheese

Assemble on Tortilla: Sour Cream, Sausage, Scrambled Eggs, Cheese. Fold and enjoy!
I must say he was VERY proud of himself for pulling off such an impressive breakfast (almost by himself! I felt the need to step in when I saw him spray the pan for the eggs with Pam and THEN plop in 1/2 a stick of butter; I removed the butter and was thanked by our arteries!)

Taking some time out from playing to take a picture with Mommy!

Having a conversation with Uncle "Joe" (whose name was Charlie, until a 2 year old Caden thought it should be "Joe"!)

Jim and Avery were worn out by the end of the weekend and decided to catch a quick nap on the porch!

Tonight Caden had her very last swim meet before Regionals. She has done so well! Unfortunately, this was the first meet Jim and I made it to, hopefully we can attend her regional meets and cheer her on there!

Caden getting a pep talk from her Daddy before a race

Ending her 25m breast stroke race

Caden and a very wiggly, uninterested Avery and their "Bubba"