Happy 2nd of July

We had a lovely second of July weekend. I know the rest of the US celebrates the 4th, but 'round here we celebrate the 2nd, as it is Jake's birthday! Hooray!

The Birthday started with a trip to Parlee Farms to pick cherries! There were also strawberry donuts, which were a big hit amongst the donut-friendly of our household. (We're very donut-friendly here.)

On Saturday, Jake made lots of food for his own party (I know, it's not fair) and we had a fine time BBQ-ing. On Sunday, we had a grand time at Kate's pool party, and on Monday we had a feast of leftovers and grill stuff with Matt & Mary. Awesomeness and Deliciousness were achieved.

Jake also made a magnificent concoction pictured below:
It involves:
1) frozen watermelon granita (which we lost in the freezer a while back and recovered just in time!). It has a slushy consistency and is very sweet.
2) strawberry vodka made using this great recipe from David Lebovitz. We had some great strawberries here, and they were perfect for this project.
3) fresh lime juice

Please note that two of the three ingredients are things Jake made. So this is like some kind of evil meta-recipe or something. Anyway, this drink was delicious. Thankfully, we didn't have too much of the granita, so we ran out before I could drink so much that this story ended badly.

We now await our next round of guests and then our trip to Rehoboth.