4th of July!!

This year we had a impromptu 4th of July party at our house.  A few friends that normally enjoy the fireworks over their lake, had their show cancelled so they as well as others headed over to our place for some back yard bbq and games.  Here are the boys playing corn hole...

while the ladies tended to the babies. :)  Here's Kelly with their baby Tyler,...

and Dana with baby Conner.  Such sweet kids and everyone really enjoyed themselves!

Look at this precious face!  This chunky monkey is almost 7 months here, he's huge! 

And here's Tyler's sister Keira and Ty playing knights.  These two get along beautifully and loved playing with all of Ty's dress up gear.  Keira had just been to Medieval Times so she was teaching Ty how the real knights do it.

Tatum was our baby sitter who enjoyed watching the little ones and playing with them.  She's going to be a great sitter one day.

And Jacquie with her special powers helped Tyler fall fast asleep after dinner and before we headed to the fireworks show.

My Shauna girl and I.  I think we've been together for too many 4ths to count, I love it.  This definitely not being one of the wildest. :)

We got a late start to the show, we were hoping to get to the field and grab a spot to sit around 7.  But we left the house just after 8 and thought we'd have a hard time finding parking.  Garrett turned into the parking lot which I thought was crazy since they'd obviously not have any parking.  But there was a woman there, directing traffic and after she asked us if we were part of a special club and I said no, then she asked if we had any handicap people and I said no, (by this time Garrett's glaring at me because clearly I should have been lying so we could get a spot), she said we had kids and that was handicapping enough so we were directed into the VIP lot along with our caravan of friends.  What a treat!  So we got a great spot to sit, met up with my other friends, and enjoyed the show!

Ty was in awe, he loved it.

And here's Ty and Tatum with her friend Kaitlin.  We met up with them at the show and the kids LOVED sitting together.

Here's the whole group!

The two besties.

And Garrett with Ty, so cute.

The show was awesome but the fun continued when we got home.  A friend had brought over some sparklers so the kids enjoyed the whole box in the backyard. 

"Awe shoot, mine went out?!"

Ty wanted to do sparklers all night, we'll have to try to order some more in time for next year.

What a wonderful 4th of July we enjoyed together!