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!

Busy 4th of July

Parades, family time, brats, desserts, fireworks, friends and other 4th of July activities are always enjoyable. We also get excited about the acutal Holiday itself; Independance Day! What a wonderful thing to celebrate. There is something so wonderful about your children waving American Flags and personally reflecting upon all the freedoms we enjoy!

Our busy day began with a Parade ...
Candy ...

and more candy!

Happy 9 month Birthday to my Baby Boy Brooks!

After the parade, we enjoyed Lunch Bruce and Julie's House and got to see the new steep birm that will hid the new road that is doing to be built in their backyard!

Then the Boys napped.

Then we went to our churches camp and enjoyed an All American Meal, Baseballs, Sand, and patriotic tatoos. Actually either of my boys would wear one, so luke ended up with a flag and fireworks on this bicep! :)

And lastly, we enjoyed fireworks at Adam and Alaina Emerson's House complete with sparklers, glow necklaces, extra butter popcorn mixed with m&ms, and a memorable fireworks display because Brooks loved it and was bouncing all over the place with joy, but Leighton and McCabe fussed through it with mom and dad's hands placed over their ears. At one point I think McCabe even fell asleep.

Happy 4th of July

Park, Pool, Parade, & People

PARK
Leighton has always loved playgrounds, but he especailly enjoys that as he gets older, he is getting to try (and master) all the big kid stuff on the playground. In addition to the new big kid stuff, he has also made the slides more 'big kid'-like too; He not only climbs up them but goes down head first! I love going to the park with him.

When I turn a year older it is slightly disappointing because nothing seems different and I don't feel older. McCabe definetly knows that he turned 1. In addition to talking his frist steps on his birthday, he has become a big boy at the park too. He has gone from sitting on his bottom eating wood chips to climbing stairs and going down slides (though he does this ungracefully and totally out of control).

SPLASH POOL

This week we discovered a new place that I plan to go to regularily. It is for sure one of those activities that Leighton, McCabe and I love! Ashby park has a sweet shallow pool for the kids to play in AND I get to sit in! It was so much fun! I hope to go here so many more times, hopefully weekly!

PARADE FOR THE 4TH

We had a great morning at a fourth of July parade. I was planning to go with the kids since Luke is a very busy on saturdays. To my surpise, when I asked him where to park, he said he wanted to come! Yeah! It was a sweet surprise. Leighton and Daddy were at the street collecting candy and McCabe and I were in the back, trying to take some pictures!

PEOPLE

I feel bad calling this section, 'people', but it went with the P theme! This friday we had several friends over to play outside. Lots of moms and even more kids.

McCabe loves to sit on the picnic table and climb up and down it.

Leighton hardly stops running around playing so I can never seem to get a decent picture of him smiling or even looking at the camera. He is a busy busy boy.