Labor Day Weekend

We kicked off the Labor Day weekend with another attempt at a backyard campout. If you remember, a few weeks ago we camped out in the backyard and ended up getting rained on in a freak downpour! This time we made it through the night with no rain! Yay! Of course, the temperature dropped down to 46 degrees, so it was a little chilly. Perfect sleeping weather, actually. We all slept in really late!

Fire pit and the tent

Gotta have s'mores!

We had some special color packets for the fire

All snuggled up in a bunch of blankets!

Matt and I got a chance to go out for a nice dinner to celebrate my birthday. We ate at Perry's in Oak Brook. Probably the best lobster bisque I've ever had!

While we were out, the girls were baking birthday cakes for me with Grandma and Grandpa. To say the cakes were interesting would be an understatement. One was edible... the other, not so much. Ha! The next morning, we iced the cakes.

We had a cookout at our place and Matt made his yummy peach BBQ chicken. So much good food and fun times with the family!

I thought it would be good to get a picture of all the kiddos together. Um, bad idea. Maybe when they are teenagers we'll get a good picture of all of them together. These pictures crack me up!

And of course, Matt thought it would be funny to take a picture of us trying to get a picture of the kids. These all just crack me up! :)

Then, we blew out the birthday candles... which was quite the ordeal. When you have a bunch of kids, you have to make sure everyone gets a turn to blow out the candles. We relit the candles a few times. :)

Here is the wonderful cake the girls made me - one layer of purple (Avery's favorite color) and one layer of blue (Morgan's favorite color). I loved it!

The kids played dress up in the basement. Matt got sucked in and was turned into Rainbow Dash (from My Little Pony). I think it looks great on him!