labor day

On Friday the four of us headed up north for the long weekend. We had quite an adventure on our way when we drove on the 210 with the fire on either side of us. We were surprised our side of the freeway was still open. We drove into thick smoke while literally watching the firefighters battle the blaze on each side.

After we were safely out of the fire area, I got to work reading Harry Potter. We had been reading from a bootleg copy off the internet as I could not find an available copy at a library. So I printed out a couple chapters to read in the car. For some reason I can read aloud in the car, without getting sick. When I read silently, I get sick. Weird.

Here are the kids getting ready to ride their bikes. This outing was short lived and probably the only time they ventured outside all weekend. It was HOT!!

Despite the heat, we kept very busy. On Saturday, more family drove down to help us celebrate Cameron's birthday. A game of Wahoo! was played (this was one of MANY games played during the weekend!).

Chris' mom made Cam a super rich chocolate cake, which he (and me!!) loved.

In addition to the chocolate cake, we had quite a few more options for dessert: Homemade cookies n'cream, nectarine, and strawberry ice cream, lemon cake, and cookies.

Lego was again the theme of his birthday requests. :)

Kendall did some baking with grandma. We came home with homemade rolls and muffins for our freezer and loads of other leftovers. So nice!

We finished our book and watched Harry Potter yesterday afternoon. We ended up leaving pretty early this morning as we wanted to miss the holiday traffic and we were concerned about fire closures on the 210. We made it home with no problems and are now ready for our week to begin... :(