Sunday, July 5, 2009

4th of July

We had a pretty traditional 4th of July yesterday. We joined my parents at their country club where they had a bounce house, music and dinner. Ethan had a great time in the bounce house and even got to golf a hole, which he absolutely loved.



Morgan decked out in her stars and stripes. She loved exploring everything outside and thought she was pretty cool when she climbed on the chair and then later climbed up by Papa and Nana's golf cart. She could have spent hours out there. It was nice and cool under the oak trees.

Papa and Nana and the kids. No picture is complete these days without Ethan's super cheesy smile. He was itching to golf with Daddy so he wasn't real cooperative with the picture.
This year our town did not do fireworks because of budget cuts, so we decided to have a show of our own. We invited a few families over for ice cream and fireworks. Everyone brought a few so we had about an hour and a half worth of sparklers, poppers and fireworks. The last 45 minutes Ethan kept asking to go to bed because he didn't like the fireworks. He liked the nice quiet ones, but hated the noisy ones, which stays true to his personality. The week leading up to the 4th he was just so excited for fireworks, but he had no idea what they were about. Hopefully next year he will relax a little more and enjoy them.
Before we started our fireworks our neighbors started lighting off theirs. We had 7 little boys (one was in the bathroom for this pic) over and they all ran down the street to watch the neighbors. They had a blast together.
Here is one of the fireworks Kevin lit and another little boy watching. I don't have any of Ethan near any fireworks, because he never got close enough:)

1 comment:

Kara said...

"They had a blast." Great pun! Made me laugh. Super cute pics, Morgan and her cousin matched on the 4th, too bad there was no picture of them together to prove it!
Love you guys, glad you had a great holiday.
Eric and Kara