Fun, Fabulous 4th of July!

What a fun, fabulous 4th of July we had!! We spent the day at the lake with some friends from our ward. As we drove to the lake G kept telling hubby "fast daddy, I want water pool". Once we arrived G put on his floaties and didn't leave the water for 5 hours! Luckily for G he has a dad who doesn't mind getting wet. As for his mom, she prefers to sit in a chair and read a good book while basking in the sunlight.

E sat in the shade with me and the two of us hung out with the ladies. I read a whopping 15 pages of my book since I was enjoying myself while we chatted and nibbled on red vines. E eventually gave in and took the nap that he was fighting to avoid. Sorry for the belly shots, who doesn't like to get a little sun on their belly while they nap? Both my boys love to sleep with blankets on their heads. Weird I know, I can pull them off over and over again and 10 minutes later I'll find that they've somehow pulled it back over their faces. G eventually grew out of it and I'm assuming E will too but for now, he loves it.

E did great at the lake. He slept, he played and he left on his hat which I thought was pretty amazing!


The day at the lake made us all exhausted! G crashed within a few minutes of being put in his carseat and once we got home we let him sleep for a few hours since we knew it would be a late night.

Once we all got fresh and clean we headed to some BBQ's and off to the fireworks.

Our friends the Drapers have this great boat in their backyard. I stuck E in front of it and snapped some pictures. I invited G to join in the photo shoot (okay I bribed him, threatened him and begged him but he politely told me "no thank you momma") Isn't E adorable? Here's hubby and his twin. I think it's the ears that make them look so similar.


I was trying to take pictures fast before the drool started and before E figured out he could eat the rocks!
Good thing he's such a good sport about getting his picture taken. If only his brother was as cooperative.....

While I was taking pictures of E and inviting G to join us, he sat on the trampoline like this and watched.

We had some great fireworks for a small town. Where else are you going to watch the fireworks but in the Wal-mart parking lot! Heck, we go to Wal-mart almost everyday so why not on the 4th of July? G was SO much fun to watch fireworks with. He was very dramatic and was shouting out the colors of each one as they exploded in the sky above us. He loved the show and cried when they were over and cried "more firework". How thrilled he was when we got home and our neighbors were lighting some fireworks. We let him watch them from his window as long as he didn't get off his bed. That trick works everytime. He was asleep within moments and our 4th of July came to an end.

What a wonderful day we had. How blessed we are to be living in America and to enjoy the freedoms that we so often take for granted. Living in a military town and being a military family we have known many, many families that are separated while one parent goes to fight in the war in Iraq or Afganistan. How fortunate we are that we have not had to face a deployment yet and yet, how aware we are of the dangers that these men and women are put in to protect the freedoms that we enjoy.

So a big shout out and THANK YOU to the troops from our military base and others who serve in the military. We appreciate your service and we pray for your safety. To our good friend, Michael, be safe and know we love you and wish you the best while you serve our country.