July 4th - Fun, Festivities and Fireworks

This long weekend was a busy but fun weekend.

Friday:

Recently Chris and I bought a boat and on Friday we took the girls out on it for the first time. We had great weather, it was hot but sunny all day. We spent sometime fishing and riding around the lake. We suprised Katie and Bree by buying a raft to pull behind the boat. This was the only thing Katie has talked about wanting to do since we bought the boat so she was excited to get to ride in. Chris pulled me, Katie and Bree in this raft. It was funny to me because we were going so slow, but the girls just couldn't get enough of it. They were laughing and enjoying the bouncing motion when we would ride over waves other boats made. They were also so excited about being able to eat on the boat, not sure why but they just thought it was the best thing to have a picinic on open water. As we were riding around we found a great beach area to take the girls to but it was to late in the day to go on Friday, so that one is on marked for our next trip.

checking out the cabin in our boat.

Getting ready to lauch out from our dock.

Little blurry, but we are all in there having a blast


Katie is fishing and Bree was eating some gummy worms.

Saturday:
The day started out very rainy so we weren't sure what kind of 4th we were going to have but my lunch time the sun was out and it ended up being a beautiful rest of the day. We headed over to a friends house for a cookout and fireworks that afternoon. We had the best food ever. Our friend Todd owns a smoker and loves to use it so he smoked up a feast for us, brisket, pork loin, hot dogs and the guest brought all the sides so we had some good food. Todd also had a small arsenol of fireworks to set off. We started setting off fireworks at 6pm and by the time we left at 10pm they were still going but it was fun to hang out with our friends and let the kiddos play.

Katie holding her own in a water balloon fight.

Playing some football. Go long Bree!

Katie and Kenndey showing their spraklers

Bree was not a big fan of fireworks on this night.

The four of us..Chris looks really mad in this picture but he wasn't...him and Bree were actually watching fireworks and not paying attention to getting our picture taken.

Sunday:
Well, this day was literally a day of rest for us. The girls were so wore out from all the activities fo the past two days. We went to church in the morning, grab some lunch afterward and then back home for naps. The girls were down in no time and took a long nap. We ended the weekend was one last cookout here at home, good ole hot dogs and then took the girls for an evening swim.

I love 4th of July not just as a reason to get together with friends but to honor those who have fought for our freedom and the ones who continue to do so. Thanks to all the soliders who have given so much to protect our country. Happy Birthday America!