Our nephew, Jaxon turned 1 year old this month. We celebrated with a Toy Story pool party at his house.Â
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We enjoyed lunch (hamburgers and hot dogs) and cake made by Grandma Karen. Yum!
Caden loved swimming in their pool and floating on their rafts. We ended the afternoon with opening gifts and Jaxon indulging in his own personal chocolate cake!
We were invited to go out to Organ Stop Pizza to visit with Mike’s step sister who was visiting from out of state. Organ Stop is a great restaurant for the young and old. The organist plays music that is classic and modern throughout the night. His range goes from “Somewhere My Love” to “Star Wars” to “Alley Cat”.
We have been to Organ Stop several times and Caden loves to go. He dances and loves pizza! The music tends to be loud so anytime we bring a baby to Organ Stop, their reaction usually goes one of 2 ways: screaming or fascination. I was so happy that Connor was in the fascination category. He loved watching the lights and listening to the music.
The food is only mediocre. Don’t expect great pizza! Also, leave your credit card and debit card at home. They’re still old school…cash and check only! But, we still love to go….so if you’re planning a night out with the kids, this is a great spot.
 We had a wonderful holiday. We started off by having a big breakfast at my mom’s house. We try to always make a bigger breakfast for every holiday and this year was no exception.  Mike made some scrambled eggs and really great French Toast. I made everything festive by adding strawberries (red) and blueberries (blue). Yum!
The we spent our evening with our friends the Gapasins. We had an old fashioned BBQ complete with hamburgers, sausage and chicken (Fresh and Easy has the BEST Grill Pack that goes on sale for $5.99 quite often.). The main dishes were complemented with chips, fruit salad, pasta salad and of course grilled corn on the cob!
After dinner was over, we headed over to Big League Dreams where Gilbert was having their fireworks this year. We picked a spot of the Polo Ground field and laid out our blankets and lawn chairs and waited for it to get dark.
After much waiting and Caden asking “Is it dark yet?”, the time came for Fireworks to start. Caden was so excited. The show was just like every other fireworks show that everyone else saw that night. They did shoot off fireworks that spelled out “USA” which was pretty cool. Then the finale started. At first we thought it was pretty weak, but as with the rest of the economy, figured everyone (including the city) had to make cuts somewhere. Just when we thought it was over, a huge bright stream of fireworks were set off from a much closer distance. It was amazing, but scared all of us a bit when it started! It was probably the best ending to a fireworks scene I have ever seen. However, once it was over, we realized that there was bright red ash falling into the crowd! Once the lights came on we found the remnants of the fireworks scattered throughout the field. A little scary, but no one was hurt (to our knowledge) and our family was safe.
We hope everyone had a happy and safe 4th of July. We can’t wait until next year!
We had our 1st official pool party with our friends the Gapasins. We bought an above ground pool last weekend and had so much fun in the pool. It was also Connor’s 1st time in a pool. He liked it as long as he stayed close to mom. Caden also loved the pool and I’m sure will turn into a fish by the end of the summer.
