Our Fourth Of July

We had a fabulous and lazy fourth of July, that actually stretched over two days.  It was so nice to just be home, the four of us (Nate actually had some time off) and to just hang out, do a few things around the house, and to simply be together.

We pretty much spend ninety-nine percent of both days outside, and it was absolutely awesome.

We had a bunch of snacky food set out in the kitchen and we just munched on that through out the day.  My kids love this eating set up so much.

 

The kids spend pretty much all day in the pool (I am so happy we decided to test out a little one this summer - we will probably upgrade to a bigger one) - they love it so much.  Nate got them some goggles the other day, and well those babies stay on their faces most of them time.  It is hilarious.

They were literally in the water all day long.

  Nate and I did a little bit of work outside while sipping on some beverages, and while watching the kids play.  Side note - after a two year hiatus we are in fully swing renovation made once again, finishing up all the undone projects.

  Even this sweet kitty joined in all our outside festivities.  I love her so much!

Watermelon breaks were a happy welcome.

  Cheesecake for a little afternoon treat - yes please.

In good American style we had burgers for dinner, and they were amazing!

One of our favourite things to do on the Fourth is to get in the truck, and aimlessly driving around our small town, in search of a flag set up for pictures.  Sadly we have only been able to find and awesome huge flag one year, but we still like driving around.

We don't love crowds that much so we generally slow drive by the events to see if something peaks our interest and if it doesn't we keep rolling by - this year we rolled by.

We randomly found a horny toad lizard, and we have never seen one in real life so hat was kind of neat.

We did find this sign - super random, but hey it works, right?

   I just seriously love these three so so so much!

  Here are my handsome fellas - can we just take a moment to marvel at how grown up Ian looks, uhm when did that happen?

  So Hayleigh was totally amazed that we were matching again - this girl - that is all she worries about daily.  I guess it is time to find one of those mommy and me shops and get a few things - she will be so happy.

She is so such a cute little girl, and even thought she tests me daily I can't image life without her.

  I really am so glad that these two are all mine - man I would so bored without them.

   I am so loving all our little and simple holiday traditions.

One thing I don't just love is all the fireworks, maybe because my kids can't stay awake for them to save their lives, and I always freak out that they will wake up with all the loud noises.  Leading to.......

Confession: my kids passed out early last night and since it gets dark so late, we saved our sparklers for this morning.

It worked out perfect!

Happy fourth of July!