Oh say, can you see!

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, 

and your government when it deserves it. 

Mark Twain

This Memorial Day weekend sure started off great!  Friday morning one of my sweet friends gave birth to her second son.  She was gracious enough to let me hold him just hours after he entered this world!  

Baby Jazlaan (meaning Joy), 8 lbs. 1 oz. & 21 in.  This pic was taken when he was only 5 hrs. old!
I was super excited!

Saturday I made my Mom's favorite treat of the summer when we were growing up, lemon-lime jello cake!  I have very distinct memories of my mom making this cake and then placing in the fridge only to come back a few mins later to try a bite or two.  We were a family very fond of eating desserts straight from the fridge (cookie dough did not last long in our house).

Lemon cake with lime jello infused into the sponge
and thickened lemon pudding for frosting.  Yum!

Next, we visited some of our great friends.  The friends who hosted us have so many large parties.  I can't imagine doing the dishes for them!  We also celebrated our sweet host's graduation with her Masters of Architecture!

We have been seeing a little bunny hop around our yard for a few days now and we are quite sure s/he lives in our backyard!  Little bunny foo foo is getting more adventurous and now hangs out to watch us swim in the pool every once in a while.

Little Bunny Foo Foo

The pool saw a lot of action this weekend!  At event # 1 I made some southwest egg rolls, we swam, played with the helicopter, and then headed over to our sweet friends' house to BBQ and have some dinner!

Photo bomb!

Captain Mohammad

Looks like all the eating wore him out!

We ended the holiday weekend with more great friends and lots of fun in the pool.  This time we had Persian style BBQ and more jello cake!

Pool time!

The sweetest family!

Someone passed out...

Jello cake in the pool!