Fireworks Cookies

Happy Independence Day! The Fourth of July is seriously my favorite holiday ever! As a former history teacher I’m a self-proclaimed history buff…so of course I love this holiday! Other reasons why I love this holiday: you don’t have to buy anyone a gift, you get to have a barbeque with your friends and family, and to top it all off there’s a marvelous fireworks display at the end of the day! Seriously, which holiday could possibly be better?!?

This year we kicked off the July 4^th week with a little parade around a lake in our community. The parade started at 10:00 A.M. and by that point it was already a blistering 105°F! In spite of this Mia did great, she was her happy and chipper self. We ended the weekend with swimming, a family barbeque, and fireworks.

Mia ready for the parade.

The parade starts!

Mia workin' the 4th of July hat.

I love this shot...so cute!!!

More of the parade making its way around the lake.

Mia commandeering a police motorcycle.

Fireworks Cookies

I always love how sugar cookies decorated with royal icing looks, but I’ve never been crazy about how they taste or the time needed to execute them. While these cookies look amazing, I’m still not a fan of how they tasted or the amount of time (about 3 ½ hours from start to finish, aside from the dough chilling) it took to make them.

For the recipe, head on over to Martha Stewart’s website.

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