4th of July

This 4th of July was pretty laid back. We didn't really decide what we were going to do until the day before. TJ and I were both kinda "blah" this year which is not like us, so we went to a BBQ at my parents house with Christine and her family too. We had fun and I actually enjoyed how relaxed it was. Grandma Uffens bought them their festive attire.

Sophia had to have a picture with her buddy Tyler.

 While waiting for it to get dark, we did some parachutes. I forgot how fun those are to try to catch. Sophia was also quite brave this year and wanted to help light some stuff off too... Here it goes, 3, 2, 1...blast off...

 There it is..up, up in the sky

 And here is comes....Sophia caught it!

We also did some classic pop-its. Kenton liked these.

 We were a little bummed about the weather not getting as sunny and warm as they said it was going to be, but that didn't stop my kids from swimming. They didn't last long and I made TJ get in with them. He wasn't too happy about that, hahaha!

 Lovin' on Grandma while we waited some more.

 Sparkler time...

How sweet is this? Kenton sat with me for a while, but then needed to be with the other kids. Tyler is so good that he would even put his hands over Kenton's ears to mute the sound of the loud fireworks. 

 We had a nice little show. After our show we came home and watched the fireworks from our bedroom that were happening over the water. They were huge!

 Happy 4th of July!!!