fo' swizzle, fo' shizzle

Well, we survived the 2,456-mile road trip... 4 long days in the car (okay, okay... that's round trip-- but it sounds so much better to use such big numbers!) with us, the 5 little'uns, and Zacchaeus (That's the dog. By his name, you'll realize he's a lap dog-- sometimes even in the car!)... There were some restless and noisy times, and of course, there were the few nearly unbearable times, but overall we've got ourselves a pretty good group of travelers. We had a great vacation. It was so much fun to spend time with family. And the kids had a blast getting in some really wonderful cousin-time. (Unfortunately, not all of the cousins were there... our Iowa family was greatly missed!) Those kids played non-stop for almost two weeks! It was really sad when it came time to leave. You'll see that the kids wore their matching 4th of July t-shirts. (Props to Pinky!!) Aren't they cool? The graphic has each of the their names on it. They look really neat. And in the spirit of celebration, the sisters-in-law also sported their own matching tees!! (Props to Target!!) We girls had fun chatting, relaxing, and working on little projects-- like making swizzle sticks for my July Bunco. Now the boys, on the other hand, went on hikes and bike rides and ate Mexican food. They didn't have matching shirts... and I think they were a little amused by my stir sticks since I'm not serving mixed drinks. I am having Blue Sky sodas, though, and I think they're worthy of a swizzle, don't you?

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