The 4th

Just in case someone actually still checks my poor blog, here is finally a new post. Sorry for the total laziness again. :)

First of all, we had one of the most fun weekends in such a long time. Truly, there is nothing like a small town 4th of July!!

I took over 200 photos but I won't bore everyone with too many. I can never seem to get them organized either on this thing so bear with me....

First of all, the girls are already talking about going to Stuart next year. In fact, Dave and I would love to go again but our days off have to fall just right, so we aren't going to be holding our breaths.

The weather was the only thing that wasn't totally perfect but even that was ok. We got "drizzled" on a few times during the day but the temp was pretty bareable and we didn't even have to consider sunlotion.

We had a great time playing at all the parks on Friday. The "zip line", or as Lauren would call it "the zip code" was everyone's favorite. Even us adults had to try our turn. I won't post those pictures though cause they're pretty scary. The kids look much cuter on it then we do. And, how cool is it to have tons of swings so no one has to fight over them.

How precious is this picture with Grandma or I should say Greatgrandma! Marina was unavailable as she was sleeping in the van traveling between towns.

We even made a fun trip out to the farm, too bad we got lost along the way. Poor mom kind of forgot the way I guess. Anyway, the kids had a blast on the trampoline. Uncle Jack has been working on the house and it is so neat! Check out how filthy Lauren's legs are. :)

We lit a few fireworks at grandma's on Friday night. The prize for the bravest kids goes to Marina and Lauren but poor Emma came in last place and had her hands over her ears most of the time. :)
Of course we had to shoot off some parachutes. Brian caught the first, Emma caught the second and that was it. I think we have more ready for a month or two when we all are together here.

And now for more cute pics. Did I mention that I LOVE fourth of July outfits.

I didn't lie when I said that I took a ton of pictures. I don't want to overwhelm anyone with them... :) but that's it for tonight. More great pics tomorrow.