4th of July Activities

We had a great time celebrating the 4th of July with the Brown Family last night. The kids played together, we bar-b-qued cheeseburgers, hot dogs, and ribs, and finished the night off with fireworks. Even though it was way past her bedtime, Emma did great and even enjoyed the firework show. We drove over to an open field, so we had a great view, but was far enough away, that we didn't hear the big booms. She got antsy after about the first 10 minutes, but she would point to them, reach out to them, and even would say "wow" after some of them. It was such a fun and memorable moment to have her experience her first fire works and "official' 4th!


Quick picture with mommy while we were getting ready. I knew if we didn't take this one, I wouldn't get one later with everything going on.


Our festive cake. Unfortunately, we all ate too much at dinner, and the cake is still in the fridge untouched!


Aidan and Emma playing in the spare room. Anna calls this room "her room", and right now it is where we keep all the extra toys and futon for over night visitors. I really want to turn this into an official toy room, and want to paint it, and get a couple of storage furniture from Ikea. My goal is to tackle this project in the next couple of months.


The were playing so sweetly and quietly, but I could only get one to look at me at a time for a picture!




Julia, Christine, and Emma


Anna working on some crafts


Robert turned a movie on for the kids to watch in our bedroom. Aidan was really the only one who had an interest in watching, but I managed to get Anna and Emma in here for a quick picture!




The boys discussing how to grill the food


The boys. Notice Josh's shorts? They were actually flag shorts that Christine bought him to help him get into the 4th of July spirit!


The kids playing outside. Emma wanted to play ball, but Anna was having too much fun bouncing!






Uncle Bobby playing with the kids while waiting for fireworks. No, his feet aren't normally dirty. He was just walking outside with no shoes on!


This was our set up for watching fireworks. We had to fight off some bugs, but it worked out great. Notice how Anna doesn't look too happy? She had a little accident just as we were leaving. She was so excited, that she ran full speed into our sliding glass door. Her face is a little sore, but she is ok!




Fireworks! I was hoping to get some neat firework shots since it was Emma's first show, but I realized that I was spending more time trying to take pictures, then enjoying them with her. So I settled with these and these and put the camera down!
Thanks Brown Family for spending the 4th with us. It was a great night!!