Happy Fourth of July! Part 2

Happy Fourth of July

Fourth of July

We had a great Independence Day celebration with family and friends at MayMay and PopPop's house.

Maryann helped Daddy drive us to the venue...

We celebrated with the cutest kids in the world...

Had way too much fun throwing "poppers"...

And ended the night with the Brownings, sparklers, and amazing fireworks.

Life Lately

We went to a 4th of July Fireworks show and shocker of all  shockers, my kids actually LOVED it!  The last time we took H and L to see fireworks it was a major meltdown scene and on the way home H told us he liked "quiet stop signs, NOT loud fireworks".  I guess time has changed that.  They couldn't take their eyes off of them.  They got so excited and were shouting out all the colors they saw.  Priceless.  MK wasn't as into them but the noise didn't bother her at all, it probably made her feel at home ;)

We have been doing lots of swimming.  Adam has been trying to teach H and L how to swim sans water wings but it is a work in progress.  They will both go under the water now and hold their breath but they still tend to sink.  Hogan loves to jump "from the high part".  They are so excited when Adam gets home from work because that means they get to go swimming and he is WAY more fun in the pool then I am.

We have been doing a lot of just hanging out.  For awhile we only had one car so the kids and I were pretty much stranded while Adam was at work.  Hogan and Lauralee are such wonderful big brothers and sisters to MK.  They adore her.  And she adores them. Hogan dotes on her and takes remarkably great care of her considering he is only four.  If I have to run downstairs and do something or even take a shower he will babysit her.  He amazes me.  I think he amazes her too ;)