It's the 4th of July!!!!!

I hope everyone enjoyed their 4th of July. We here at the Cefalo home had a wonderful time. The day started with me and the boy's calling grandma and grandpa Ball to sing the 4th of July song. This consists of singing It's the 4th of July over and over again while marching around the living room. You can thank my parents for starting that tradition.

 Jake had to work during the day so we decided to have a BBQ with friends here in Elko. The food was great and the friends were better. The kids did some crafts and the best part was of course the fireworks. The only thing that made the evening better is that we have one of the best views in town from our front yard.

Andy enjoyed the evening but he didn't make it much past 7:00

We had several little friends keep us busy

The kids enjoyed snacks as they waited for the fireworks to start

I had never done firework picture before so I had a great time trying it out

Even though he is messy, grumpy, and keeps me awake at night, I love his cute face.

Warm and Gooey Fuzes' for Dad

During the past few weeks we have enjoyed the warmer weather. One of the things that Nathan has loved are the summer treats. Last year at the end of the season we bought a little fire pit when it was on sale. We have already used it a couple of times to make Smores. 

This past weekend we celebrated fathers day for a couple of days. I needed to go to Utah for some business so we started early on Wednesday night. We started up the fire pit and then had a camp out in the family room. It was a lot of fun for everyone.

Nate and I also set up some fun treats and decorations for Jake. It was really fun and we enjoyed celebrating the dad in our home.

Jake we love you and we are thankful for all that you do. Even though we didn't get to spend the real Fathers Day together I hope you enjoyed our Fathers Day weekend extravaganza.

A shout out

I just want to say congratulations to my little brother for getting engaged this past weekend.

Bath Time

Lately we have been teaching Andy to self feed. Though it makes life a little easier it also makes meal time a lot messier. The following pictures are a usual occurrence following dinner time.

Nate also likes to get in on the action

Sidewalk Chalk

So blogging and I have been on bad terms lately. Part of it is laziness and the other part is actually being busy. With wedding season in full swing and I have been keeping busy taking pictures of everyone but my own family. Thankfully there are a few things I have documented over the past couple of months. Hopefully I can catch you up in the next week or two with a few posts. For today you get two :)

Warm weather brings a lot of outside play time at our home. I can honestly say that we spend very little time inside the house most days. It makes me very happy. One of Nathan's favorite things to do is play with friends. We have a play group that we get together with a few times a week but we also have sweet neighbor kids that like to come and visit and play with Nate. The sandbox is a much loved activity but the favorite is sidewalk chalk.

A few weeks back (probably more than a month) our friends Taylor and Brianna come over and we pulled chalk out for the first time this season. It was very fun. I was running in and out of the house because it was almost dinner time. One of the times I was in the house the kids got the great idea to cover themselves with the chalk. I had to get my camera out and take pictures. Obviously they had a lot of fun. The only bad part was when I had to call their mom and let her know that her kids were going to come home this way due to my bad parenting. Hopefully she wasn't too mad.

Where did April go?

Long, long time no post. April went by fast and now I find myself a week into May. This past month was good to the Cefalo family. 

Since I last posted I turned the big 30. It took me by surprise but I had a hard time with it. It's not that I feel like 30 is old. It is just that I never thought I would be 30. For some reason the 20's seemed like they were never going to end. They were good to me. As a family we spent the day enjoying each other. Jake has a new schedule and we were lucky that the 12th fell on one his day's off. Jake and Nathan made me waffles and then we spent time working on our back yard. We then went out to lunch and then tried out the new and only ice cream place in town (it was good) we were so full from the ice cream and big lunch that we waited until the next day to make my birthday treat. Instead of a cake I opted for a banana cream pie. It was super yummy and Nathan now asks to make one regularly. Overall it was a wonderful birthday. I was very blessed.

The next week Jake had an adventure. He spent the weekend taking care of the boys. This hasn't happened before because Andy has refused a bottle. So he has been a little connected to me. Well I had a wedding that I had scheduled months before that was in Las Vegas so off I went. Jake was very thankful because his parents came out to help him with the boys. It took Andy a day but he finally took the bottle. I had a hard time because it was the longest I have ever been away from both Nathan and Andy. The good news is that we all survived and we are the better for it.

The last thing I will tell you is that we finally opened up the kite's from easter the other day. I had been saving them for a day that both Jake and I were around. For whatever reason there had never been a good windy day for us to go out before. Thankfully this past friday the conditions were great. It turned out to be a great family activity. Both of the boys had a lot of fun. Andy enjoyed it too ;) We spent over an hour running around the park near out house. I am pretty sure we will be doing it again in the very near future.

Andy was blinded by the sun but he loved being outside and we were able to attach one of the kite's to his baby seat and it flew for a while.

As with everything in our life the theme was Star Wars... I am ok with that.