We like tradition around here! We have traditions we adhere to for this holiday: going to our community July 4th celebration, making ice cream, bbq'ing, shooting off fireworks. This year was great because we got to get together with not only my Dad and Candy, but also two other families for lots of fun! We stationed the grill out front and set up tables and chairs, which works perfectly, as our neighborhood is so lively on the 4th, and it seems everyone ends up out front!
Our weather was PERFECT: not too hot, but just hot enough!
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| Oh Happy Day! |
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| Even though it wasn't as much fun as taking lessons, Alyssa decided she would wait in the hour long line to take this trip around the parking lot on a pony! |
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| Oh Happy Day, How you can become even Happier! |
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| Cotton Candy and Snow Cones! We celebrate big:-) "Go Big or Go Home" like Mike says! |
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| Check out the scene in the background. It was a great turn-out. |
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| I was playing with this photo in Picassa, which is why it is so vibrant. |
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| Reagan, right as she ate it on this slide. She is just a head first kinda girl! She got off and was rubbing her head, but kept on going. |
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| Matthew trying to hit a ball suspended on air in mid-air. A bit tricky! |
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| After Reagan took a spill on the first slide, I wouldn't let her go on this one (even though she wanted to!). When we first descended down the hill to where all the bounce houses were, she saw this one and started screaming, *screaming* loudly with such excitement, I couldn't help but laugh! We are talking ear piercing screams like she had just been awarded a lifetime supply of candy. She cracks me up! |
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| We found the Smith family here, and Makayla joined the girls in line for the caterpillar blow up structure. They went in the mouth, traveled through, and were "pooped" out at the end. They thought that was funny! |
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| This was Reagan's favorite! It was an undersea blow up structure, and when it was time for the next group of kids to get in, and our group to get out, guess who was the only child to decide she didn't want to get out? Little Rea, just running and ignoring the man saying, "little girl, excuse me little girl-time to get out." Nope, it took several tries. |
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| Night time action. |
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| Kenna and some of her crew! |
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| Matthew and some neighborhood boys. |
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| Two great friends! |
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| Reagan and Lucas. |
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| My brother, Eric (far right in photo), two of his friends, and Candy. |
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| See Eric, I told you this photos would make it on the blog! His friend was messing with him to get him to smile. |
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| "Tut tut, it looks like Rain." |
