4th of July FUN!

Let's rewind a bit so that I can highlight some of our 4th of July FUN!

 

We started celebrating on Sunday the 29th and went and saw the big fireworks show at Cross Church with Uncle Chris and Landon.  We claimed our spot across the street from the church about 45 minutes before the show started and thankfully we came prepared with lots of stuff to entertain Miss Addison.

  

Patriotic stickers!

 

Mini flags to wave and popcorn to snack on

A popsicle treat from the ice cream truck that was driving thru the parking lot...thanks Uncle Chris!

A certain someone wasn't feeling very photogenic on the morning of the 4th?!? I was just trying to snap a quick pic of her red, white and blue before we went to the fireworks stand.  I guess I picked the wrong moment...or actually this perfectly describes our morning with her on the 4th.  Gotta love having a 2 and a half year old!

 

 

 

Seems lunch and a nap is just what she needed...thankfully she woke up on the right side of the bed after nap and was excited for the party and that her 'friends' (meaning anyone besides mom and dad that comes over to the house) were already in the backyard swimming.

 

Sipping a little lemonade while her sunscreen dried.

We had lots of fun in the pool with family and friends!  I was still a little sad that we weren't able to make the trip to MI to celebrate with my family but having a pool-full ourselves sure made it a lot easier to be away from the Malaneys.  John smoked us brisket and hot links for dinner and the kids took a break from swimming just long enough for us to eat a little.

 

These 3 are going to give us a run for our money some day...
Addison is 3 in October
Tucker is 3 in November
Jenna is 3 in December
And they all live a stone's throw away from each other!

It wouldn't have been a 4th of July pool party with our R/W/B popsicles!

 

Addison was starting to get the hang of the whole fireworks thing and insisted that we set-up our chairs early for the show...except on the 4th we just did fireworks on the driveway, so turns out there wasn't too much of a rush to get seating - ha!

 

 

Daddy helped Addison with her first (I think?) sparkler.

4th of July to me growing up always included a parade...whether I was in it on a boat with Sailing School or we walked to it and got candy...there was always a parade in my 4th of July memories.  So again because I was still kind of wishing we were in MI, I found a parade for us to go to on Saturday the 5th...sure it was the closing parade for the rodeo but it was still a parade!  Addison wore her R/W/B, accessorized accordingly (thanks Mimi) and made sure to bring her candy bag.  Since it was the parade for the rodeo there were LOTS of horses and riding clubs, probably 2  dozen or so different groups of horses.  The first group of horses that came by us pooped right in front of us...guess what Addison remembers about the parade -- horse poop!  Not the bag of candy or the 2 popsicles she got, not the clowns driving little bicycles (kinda scary anyways) and not the firetrucks...she remembers the horse poop!  For days if anyone asked how the parade was she would tell them about the horse poop...silly girl.