Pioneer Day

For the 24th of July this year we had a BBQ/Swimparty with my Aunt MaryJane and her family.

It was a lot of fun and the food was YUMMY.
Here are some pictures of the event:

Boston 'diving' haha. She looks like superman.

My Cousin Deja posing for the camera


My Aunt MaryJane, Cousin Shaylee and Me.

Cambria

My Cousin Andrea and her daughter Leah

CHICKEN FIGHT:





and yes we DID win...99% of the time! :)


haha..my brother in law...he likes posing for pictures...

My mom and Sister Emilee

Beautiful Baby Brewer:





Fireworks Afterwards...

At some point during all of this,

My dad was making some corn on the cob...

he grabbed the pot off the counter and without realizing that the oven mitt was stuck to the bottom...

he set the pot on the stove and turned it on....

here's what happened:

Remind you of anything?

Like Father like Daughter :) haha

It was an AWESOME day.

way better than my 4th of July I'll tell you that!

The lucky oven mitt

So yesterday I almost burned our apartment down...twice.

The first time was during lunch.

I was making this cheddar broccoli macaroni pasta.

I was home all by myself,

and was watching a video on my computer,

while stirring the pasta.

That was when I heard the sound of a fire starting.

I looked down, just in time to see the flames underneath the pan.

I screamed...really loud,

turned off the stove,

took the pan off and started blowing on it.

(I never knew I would react that way...you would think I would hit it with a towel or something)

Well,

Eventually it died down

Just in time for Mandy to walk in and see the smoke.

It was quite embarassing, but the food ended up turning out..

Mandy even ate some!

Then for dinner I decided I would try to make chicken cordon bleu.

I have never made it before,

and was quite nervous.

SO,

I was taking it out of the oven to see if it was done

when Megan walked in.

I concluded that the chicken was not yet done and put it back in the oven while saying to Megan "Dude, I don't know how long to cook this chicken. I'm totally guessing."

I closed the oven door and threw the oven mitt on the stove as Megan walked over to talk to me.

All of the sudden we both see smoke.

I look over to see that the oven mitt is smoking and catching on fire!

I had left the stove on when cooking the outside of the chicken and forgot to turn it off!

I grab the mitt,

and again,

blow on it.

Megan bursts into laughter, grabs the oven mitt, and puts it outside as I turn on the fan and open all the windows for the second time that day.

That night, I brought the oven mitt back inside.

This is what it looked like,

and what it will always look like.

Luckily the Chicken Cordon Bleu turned out...pretty well...

Fast Forward to now.

It's 4 in the morning and I'm up with Mandy and her Boyfriend Levi.

Levi is doing Mandys homework, and Mandy is laying on the floor talking to us.

We are talking about how stupid boys are..

funny that Levi is here...and AGREEING with us.

Sorry my posts are so random lately.

I just can't help sharing these completely crazy and embarassing stories.