It has been a hot summer so far with now 20 days over 100 degrees and no end in sight. There has not been any rain and everything in our yard is pretty much dead.

Forth of July didn't even feel like a holiday because of the burn ban. Everyone actually listened for a change and I didn't see or hear one fire work go off this year. How lame. Hailey did however look super cute in her 4th of July outfit!

I made some really fun Firecracker Cupcakes in the spirit of the 4th and they were really delicious.

Brandy has come to stay with us and will more than likely be moving in with us for good. At least that is what the plan is. It has been really nice having her there because we never really got to see her very often because she seemed to always be so busy with all of her friends.

Poor Mikey and Brandy have been 24/7 baby sitters it seems like so far this summer so I have tried to get them out of the house to do things. Mikey is not very outdoorsy so leaving the comfort of the AC and his video games is not really what he wants to do, but I don't care he is joining us.

We went to the pool with my friend Kate and the pool has a diving board. What fun this is. I remember going off a diving board at our pool when I lived in Libertyville. I think I was in Junior High at the time. The diving board is still just as much fun.



I think this weekend we will take a trip into Austin and walk around and see the sights. It won't be long till our trip to Illinois and we will have more fun.