Fireworks!

Happy 4th of July!

I am thankful to be an American but must admit I worry about our country. Here is to hoping by this time next year we will see positive changes!!

DAY DREAMER

I happened to notice Ayla laying in the grass, watching the clouds, lost in thought.. 

I love this little free spirit of mine!

The Fire Dancers!

AT THE PARK THERE WERE FIRE DANCERS...

 BRIEA WAS COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY AMAZED. 

 SHE WOULD YELL OUT DURING THE PERFORMANCE, EVEN WHEN IT WAS QUIET "AWESOME!!!" 

 THE LADIES LOVED HER. THEY WOULD COME OVER BY HER ALOT AND EVEN KNELT DOWN RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER TO DO A BUNCH OF TRICKS. 

 THEY DID A GREAT PERFORMANCE AND IT WAS FUN TO WATCH. 

 THIS LADIES NAME WAS BRITTANY. SHE WAS GREAT AND WAS REALLY KIND TO B. 

AFTER THE SHOW, BRIEA ASKED IF WE WOULD TAKE HER OVER TO MEET THIS NICE LADY. SHE WAS GREAT AND LET HER HOLD PART OF THE FIRE WANDS FOR THE PICTURE. B WAS SO EXCITED. SHE EVEN INVITED BRITTANY TO WATCH FIRE WORKS ON THE BLANKET WITH OUR FAMILY. 

4th Activities!

After the parade we went to Colby Park for all the fun that Windsor Heights had planned. 

 They had live music, which Briea absolutely LOVED. All she wanted to do was dance with everyone in the crowd. 

 There were Princesses there too. This made the girls VERY HAPPY!!

 Hanging out with my Love!

 My patriotic flower child!

 They had a bunch of inflatables set up. It was fun watching the kids play and race against other kids. 

 Cullan did pretty well. 

 So did B considering the girl she was going against was much older. 

 They had some fun Frisbee spin art...

 and Balloon animals!

 Here is our crew listening to live music and waiting for the fire works.

 My silly girl.

 These boys crack me up..

 Ninja Cullan with balloon nun chucks

 Briea practicing her hula hoop skills. 

 Somebody can no blow a bubble!!

 Miss B. 

 Muffin loved rolling in the grass. 

 Mr. Hula Hoop

 He actually has some pretty sweet hula skills. 

 Ayla and some popcorn. 

 Cullan eating some yummy Italian Ice!

One last photo with the Princesses!

4th of July Parade

Monday morning we got up and walked down to the end of our street. Lucky for us.. that was on the parade route. It was a fun little parade. We enjoyed watching as people went by. 

 Muffin really enjoyed the parade. Especially the part where they threw dog treats to her!

 Have I mentioned my kids love parades. They jump and yell and get so excited. Candy.. No Candy.. It really doesn't matter... They just love parades!

 They cheered for the wagon train.....

 and for the HOT HOT HOT fire truck. 

 I love this picture of them all jumping up and down... It just makes me happy. 

This picture... well it melts my heart. I love t his picture of B with her Daddy!

The 4th....a little out of order.

 on our way to iowa to spend the 4th with the family.

 Our Family on the 4th!

 Left to Right

Garran, Ayla, Victoria, Sara, Jeremy, George

Nanny, Briea, Moe

Kael, Cullan

 Garran lighting some sparklers!!

 the kids enjoying some sparklers.

 my moms neighbor Wade has a huge 4th party every year. This year he had a face painter.

Kael was a bear.

 Briea was a butterfly.

 Left to Right

Victoria, Briea, Garran, Ayla, Meg

Cullan, Nanny, Kael, Moe

 Sara and Jeremy came in 2nd place in the bags tournament!

 Cullan with his sparklers. Notice the cup. Such an ingenious idea. poke a hole in a cup. slide the sparkler through. no burned hands and the kids still have fun!!

 swimming at the hotel pool.

my kids love to swim.

 myself and my older sister victoria.

 my sisters, victoria and sara

 little lizzy lu at the pool

 my little swimmer boys.

all the ladies.

myself, nanny, mom, victoria, sara

i had to include this video.

my moms neighbor wade does this INSANE fireworks show each year. as you can see my mom live in a neighborhood and not out in the country. 

this video is a one minute clip of about a 5 minute show. 

you have to see this. 

it is insane!