Wicked and the 4th

We saw WICKED yesterday. Simply amazing. Loved it. We also enjoyed our dinner before the show very much! I'm so glad I finally had a chance to eat at the resturant at the theater; I've always wanted to do that.

But my favorite picture from our outing yesterday was this one of my sister's boyfriend. He and Josh could be BFF's.












I saw that some of my bloggy friends posted pictures of past 4th of July events. It shows how much our kids have grown to see these, that's for sure! My favorite past 4th picture is this one:












It was July 4, 2008, and I was five months prego with Gabriel. So technically, he's in this picture, too!

This is such a cute picture of Sarah from that day...she's so little!















And here she is today...














They just change SO MUCH.

So then I made the kids go outside today so I could take their picture next to a tree in our front yard. That didn't work (Gabriel likes to wonder off) so I had to settle for a picture on my front porch instead. It's ok, it reminds me of the song lyrics, "And the view I love the most is my front porch looking in!"












I baked a gooey butter cake today for our small group gathering. It's seriously the only thing I'm good at in the kitchen!












Happy 4th!