Fourth of July

Parade in the morning with great weather and lots of candy.

Lunch at Grandma and Grandpa Hukee's house in the afternoon with Uncle Jake who was visiting from Chicago with a beautiful puppy named Remi.

BBQ Dinner with friends where Luke got hit in the face with a frisbee while I was telling him that one of the kids when to the bathroom in his pants!  Dinner festivities ended quickly with a black eye and a bottomless kid in his carseat! 

Fireworks and sparklers in the evening were we got to sit and relax and cuddle together extra close since the temperature dropped and we were all chilly in long sleeves and blankets!

Fireworks

Since the fourth of July was rainy, Racoon River did fireworks this friday instead. 6 Bible Studies set up a huge spot at the park and played volleyball, grilled and watching fireworks.

Leighton and Daddy throwing balls into the tree. This was Leighton's idea!

Family Picture!!!

Preparing for Fireworks as it gets darker...

Holding McCabe so we didn't lose the little man in the dark crowd!

And finally, the FIREWORKS. Leighton loved the fireworks. He talked about them the whole car ride home and the all day today. He keeps saying, "I like the purple one," and "Leighton saw fireworks, see fireworks again!" Even McCabe liked them. He wasn't afraid of the noise at all.

It was a fun night of fireworks. I was begining to think that I would never see fireworks again because little ones need to get to bed, but we put them down to nap late, and they did great. In fact they were only up about 15 minutes later than usual. Luke and I cut out early to miss all the traffic.

Earlier in the day on friday, we had the DTC moms over again. Malachi, Quinn and Leighton were playing in the bird bath for a while. Usually this ends up with the kids getting a little wet from the splashing, but today, for some reason, mud entered into the equation without us being aware. After 20 minutes of them playing out there, we decided to go check on them. Yikes were they dirty!

Leighton enjoyed every minute of playing but once he realized that he was so dirty, he was not happy about it. To bad for him, this is when I got the camera out and started taking pictures.
So by the end of the fun filled friday the boys had had 2 baths. Both their nap and their evening slumber were great. Both little guys were wiped out from all the fun outdoors and relaxing baths indoors that they went right to sleep ... and so did I!