Memorial Day Weekend

Just a few simple Memorial Day decorations.

It's always fun to celebrate a holiday with a get together with friends, and we are blessed with some really great friends!!

These kids have so much fun together.

So do these kids! Ha ha.

Good friends, good food - what could be better?

This is a seriously addictive Snickers Salad. You have to make it when you can feed a crowd or cut the recipe in half because it doesn't hold up after the first day or so, but honestly, I could eat this until I got sick - it's THAT good! You can find the recipe here:

http://www.ericasbloggityblog.com/2011/10/delicious-revision.html

I love a good salad and I've recently become a bit obsessed with orzo pasta. Mmmm.

Anyway, I made this Orzo and Broccoli salad and it, too, was a hit. Again, this is one that feeds a crowd (I sent some home with Kellie and ate off it for a week and still had to toss some). I made a few adjustments (used mozzarella instead of feta cheese, eliminated the red pepper and used toasted almonds) but it was still really good. Here's the recipe:

http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/orzo-broccoli-salad-126886.aspx?cm_mmc=eml-_-rbedesk-_-20140522-_-140522_USA_EN_SAE^1063&cm_lm=616E48467C9F9A2FC96AD2F12037D29C

I think the funniest thing of the evening was watching Ethan and Ryder play together. They were jumping from the boxes onto the couch and laughing hysterically. I really don't like the jumping on the furniture but I allow it here simply because it's so nice to see Ethan doing such a "typical kid" activity and he gets so much enjoyment out of it (plus it's probably pretty good for his OT).

Kellie was the star of the night by organizing a water balloon fight.

She placed bags of balloons all over the yard for the kids to run to and then attack with.

They LOVED it and it was so much fun to watch.

It was the perfect evening!!

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