4th of July!

The 4th of July has always been my favorite holiday! I love the summer anyway, but then add parties and family and fireworks and good food...its so much fun!

Webster has a carnival every 4th of July weekend and Taylor loves going to that. We went there Sat night around 7pm to ride some rides before the fireworks.  They both were so good...poor Parker just sat in the stroller the whole time. We went and got our spot on the hill around 8:30 and waited for the fireworks. Parker did so good with her first fireworks! She often says "uh oh" now, so with the fireworks it was kind of "oh" "oh". haha...it was really funny!

Sunday we went to aunt Susan's house to swim and BBQ with Mawmaw Jan and Julie and the kids, and Michelle and Kevin came too. They were at the farm for the weekend, but let us use the house which was really nice.  The kids had a great time swimming. We got a little rain, but it was just in time to eat so it worked out perfect. We decided to get in the car and drive to see fireworks because Parker did not nap all afternoon and was not going to sleep for the night either (vacation should be fun). We drove to Webster again and got a spot. The fireworks didn't start until 9:45 and everyone was tired, but they were worth it.  Parker finally fell asleep on my shoulder and she woke when they started to say, "oohh" but went right back to sleep!  It was a late night, but lots of fun.

The kids are going to have a great time on our trip to Texas to visit Pawpaw Mark!  Taylor and David will love being together for the whole week and Haley will be a great little babysitter for Parker (right Haley?). Haha! We've been getting her to change some diapers and stuff since she took her babysitting class!  We leave on Friday. We are flying with our kids and Julie and her family are driving. We couldn't see driving 12 hours with Parker....no way!  So we will arrive Friday afternoon and they will arrive sometime on Sat depending on when they leave.  Should be a great week! I can't wait to get away!