Happy 4th of July!!!

What a great day we had!!

It's become our tradition for the Fourth of July, to go over to our friend Bill's house. We go for a relaxing day of swimming, eating, drinking, hanging out with friends, and watching our own personal firework display. It truly cannot get any better!

Logan and Emi were so excited that we were going over to Bill's again this year to celebrate the fourth. They had soo much fun last year, that they could hardly sleep the night before! The whole day before, all they could talk about was how much fun it was and how they could not wait to do it again!

As soon as we got there, they jumped in the pool. The two of them spent the majority of the day going between Bill's pool and Mary's pool (where the diving board is.) I took lots of pictures as they worked on their tricks off the diving board.

Lots of people were there! Everyone that we've gotten to know so well over the last year and a half. I am so thankful to have made friends with this family. They are great people to know, and have welcomed us so warmly into the "Family."

Patty, as usual, made soo much food! And this time she made Jello Shots and the most amazing Sangria! So yummy!!! We were all stuffed by the end of the day! And Emi....I don't know what she was thinking, but she must have lost her mind...She went to get dessert, and after Tammy had given her a cupcake AND a piece of a brownie torte....Emi helped herself to 3 (yes I said THREE) GIANT cookies....before she even ate the other desserts! Uhhh.....Hello!! She did not finish all of it of course....but I have no clue why she even did it. Sneaky Girl!! LOL!!!

The fireworks were great as usual. Bill has a friend that he buys the fireworks from. He has him put together a show for everyone. Everyone who comes over, and all of his neighbors pitch in money and that allows for a bigger display of fireworks. I think about $900 was spent...which to me is a lot of money...but it was a good show. Plus we did not have to go anywhere. Just move our chairs from the back yard to the front yard. It is so entertaining to watch Jody and Bill try to figure out the "show" diagram and then execute it. Or not! This year our "Finale" was in the middle of the show...but that is okay. I love to watch fireworks...and it is also so much fun to see the kids reactions to them. I also managed to capture some great shots of the fireworks.

As a sad note....one of our neighbors fireworks landed on our trampoline and now we have a hole in the middle of it...Oops!! We have not decided what to do about it yet.

Can't wait for the fourth next year!!