blue and red stripes

We've been happily anticipating Independence Day...can't believe it's this weekend!

I made us some patriotic pancakes to get us in the mood.

 They're my creamy yogurt pancakes with frozen blueberries mixed in and sugared strawberry syrup on top {see this post for the pancake recipe and this post for the strawberry syrup}.

 I decided to experiment and added 1/3 c. of corn meal in place of the all-purpose flour. Hmmm...I like to add 1-2 TBSP. usually. Well it tasted sweet, but I think the saying "less is more" applies here. It was crumbly, plus it made it hard to flip the pancakes. Live and learn.

As for our door. It's been wreath-less for more than a month! That's a record for me. For some reason I feel like there always needs to be something on my door. I knew I wanted something patriotic but was stumped. I finally did this...

Kind of different but the stripes are nice.

Oh and the wreath is a bean wreath knock off of this acorn one from Made. What can I say? Dana's got some great stuff.

As for the rest of the weekend, I'm looking forward to car parades, fireworks {Utah allows aerial fireworks this year!}, roasting marshmallows, barbequing with neighbors, sparklers, root beer floats, maybe some swimming...

What about you?