We had a lovely fourth of July celebrating with a barbeque at our friends Stephanie and Ryland's. Ryland's mom - who is a reader (Hi, Ellen!) - came over as well and got to meet Olivia. And, of course, Mallory and her sisters and niece Addie were also there. (You've heard of them before. Especially Addie. She's mentioned here, here and here.)
I made a little cake with a patriotic banner. And we had mango salsa, salad, brauts and passion lemonade (I'll post the how-to later).
Despite all the cake-decorating that's been going on lately, I wanted to go for a simple cake with a little surprise inside.
Addie loved feeding some to Ellie. She thinks Ellie is a baby that needs lots of assistance. Ellie doesn't normally think so, but she was eager for some cake anyway.
Ryland was the master chef at the miniature barbey.
Here's the whole family dressed up in red, white and blue.
