4th of July

We had a great time celebrating the 4th of July this year!  Saturday afternoon we started the festivities with a get-together with some of Kevin's family.  We fed cat fish, went fishing, let the kids play in a little pool, and the adults had a great time catching up with each other!

Krissy was really content sitting inside with the adults and playing in the play kitchen!

After the party on Saturday, we went to church and dinner with family.  After dinner, we made the last minute decision to head down to Newburgh's riverfront for fireworks.  We parked at my friend's house, and walked down to the top of the big hill where thousands of people were sitting.  We found an empty spot, and it had the best view! 

Austin on Kevin's shoulders

The kids watching the grand finale.

On Tuesday, we went to my parents house for dinner.  My mom had bought these cute star sunglasses.

Our dinner spread

Cupcakes I made

Baked beans I made

New recipe I tried for peanut butter fudge bars

We let the kids do some sparklers that their Mamaw brought.  When we got home from dinner, we watched neighbor's fireworks while Kevin tried to sleep (he had to be at work at 4am).  We all had a great time celebrating, eating lots of good food, and catching up with friends and family!  Hope your 4th was equally a great!

Our 4th of July

We had a great 4th of July weekend!

On July 3rd, we let the kids do sparklers when it got dark!

Krissy was too scared to hold a sparkler, but liked to watch them from afar.

Allie in her pjs and "high heels"

Charlie was interested in the sparklers too!

July 4th was so fun.  I made pancakes for breakfast.  I tried to make them red and blue but they ended up pink and blue.  Still festive though...

That's a big bite for a little girl!

I cut Austin's into star shapes but we ended up leaving all the others as circles!

I bought this shelf while thrifting a couple months ago.  It's sat in our garage and I decided to paint it after breakfast.  I distressed the wood a bit once it was dry.  I'm still working on what to put on it.  I'm looking for a cute green artificial plant to add to it. 

We rented a red box and ate popcorn before lunch.  We got Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.  We all enjoyed it! 

I wore my new navy and red strawberry scarf.  It was from JoAnns!

I made the girls red and white hair bows during nap time.  

We had a busy evening planned - church then family night at Kevin's work.  They were providing dinner and entertainment, not to mention a great view of the fireworks. 

Krissy was dancing to "shake your booty"

The kids got to play in bounce houses after we had some dinner.

Waiting for fireworks to start

Almost time for the fireworks!

The fireworks were great and no one seemed scared.  We were far enough away that they weren't too loud.

One last funny memory, kevin and I usually guess who will be asleep by the time we get home and we both predicted Austin would be out first, and the other three would stay awake until we got home.  We got it backwards!  The first three crashed and Austin jabbered the whole way home!