Happy 4th of July

The 4th of July was a fun day.  We managed to get a picture of the 6 of us which is hard to do!

We celebrated with new friends at their house.  The kids swam, we ate yummy food and the girls tumbled.  The boys played laser gun wars and us adults had a fun time hanging out on the back porch.  At one point it rained and it felt so nice and cool outside.  The kiddos did sparklers without worry of it being to hot.

We had a wonderful day and we're thankful for our freedom and are proud  to celebrate our country!

July 4, 2016

Our July 4th was pretty low key and that was just fine with us.  The good thing about being back in Waco is that we have lots of friends to keep us busy.  We have been taking advantage of Gary being off work and enjoying every minute and so it's been a super busy summer so far!

Today was all about us hanging out together and staying somewhat low key.

We bought sparklers and smoke bombs and just hung out here at the house since Gary starts his new job bright and early in the morning.  I'm so excited for him!

God is good and he has shown that since we made our move back home.  I'm so happy with our choice to move.  I'm excited to see what else God has in store for us.  I can just visualize the home I can't wait to purchase.  I don't mind renting for now because I know that in time we will find the right spot for our family and I'm hoping that includes a pool for these hot summer months.  We have three summer birthday celebrations in our family and a swimming pool would be amazing.  

I'm saying all that to say...I can't wait to look back at this blog in a couple of years to see where we are compared to where we have been!  I sure do enjoy this scrapbook of ours!

happy fourth of july

Our bestie buddies drove in from Ohio to celebrate Independence Day!

First up.....the pool!

Look at that photo bomber!

The dads golfed and then they joined us at the pool!

The ice cream truck drove by and they partook!

Then we all cleaned up for dinner!

I ran into Becca at dinner.  It was sooooo nice to meet her!

We ate at Salt Factory, downtown Woodstock.  Erin and I got calamari and the guys got oysters.

I ended my dinner with a giant cheeseburger.  It was a great treat after a long day at the pool!

Cheers!

After a group picture it was back home for some sparklers.

And smoke bombs!

And snap pops.

I love this little firecraker.  She is growing up into such an amazing little lady!

We ended our awesome day with a fireworks show.  It was wonderful to share this day with our buddies!  Thanks for the weekend of sweet memories bestie family!

Fourth of July 2014

I love looking back at Forth of July's in the past!

I love my family and we had a wonderful day celebrating the Fourth of July!

We love making memories!

Independence Day 2013

Gary had to work on the Forth of July so the kids and I went exploring around town.  

Layla picked out an outfit for tonight so we had to go get matching jewelry.  

Oh the life of a 7 year old girl!

A Chic fil A trip is very necessary while shopping.  You know this!!

We stopped by Academy Sports and Outdoors because I miss it almost as much as Target!  We went to Target also, twice in two days.  haha!

The kids tried on hats and were giggling like crazy while I shopped!

The kids decided they needed to swim for an hour or so before dinner and fireworks.  It was raining, but our hotel has an indoor pool!

Layla wanted a photo of her festive swim suit!

We got dressed and took half a million pictures.  Half requested by me and half by Layla.  She's a little sassy diva lately.

After a yummy dinner, I ahhhem WE got a piece of cheesecake to split.  It was wonderful!

I love my little family!

We headed out to find the fireworks downtown, but we didn't think they would happen in the pouring rain.  We headed back to the hotel and on our way upstairs we saw a few pops of light!

This is an absolutely horrible picture, but if the kids are like me they will remember this memory for years to come.  We watched the fireworks from our hotel window.  It was so fun and we all had a great time and we were completely dry while all the other people were soaking wet!

We had a great day celebrating America!

family, food and fun on the fourth!

We started our July 4th last night in the front yard watching our HOA's annual fireworks show!

After a late night outside and a good nights sleep;

we started the day with a yummy brunch.

After we ate the kids were ready to swim for a bit.

Don't you get hungry for ice cream when you swim?

We took off on a trip to Kroger for a few last minute items for our dinner.

Low and behold Blue Bell was on sale!

Layla picked out this flavor and it is amazing.  It is the best ice-cream I have had in YEARS!

In case you can't tell it is called Christmas Cookies in July.  It has pieces of cookies, sprinkles and green icing and of course vanilla ice-cream.  Oh my!

It was the highlight of our day!

The kids loved it so much they were licking their bowls.

We played outside all afternoon in the pool.  Gary and I even got in and splashed around to cool off.  It was a great way to spend our 4th of July.  I just love my little family!

Happy Fourth of July 2012!