4th of July and some good family FUN!

We were lucky to have my sisters and parents and JuJu come up and spend the 4th with us. It was way fun! I do believe some of the best times, though, were just being able to sit and chat with my sisters, mom and aunt. It is so nice to have everyone so close!

I had to work during most of the day on the 4th, but everyone was willing to take my kids with them to the parade that morning. Jared was in the parade manning the fire station's 'patches the dog' (will make more sense when you see the pictures). The kids had a great time and actually came home and crashed for about 3 hours afterward! I was able to get off work at about 4 and then spend the rest of the evening with my family.

Jared and I decided to rent one of those big bounce houses for all the neighborhood to see and use. What a great thing to do! The kids LOVED it and it gave them something to do all afternoon. By the time the fireworks were going off, the kids were exhausted and most of them were in bed. McKinlee asked to go to bed half way through the Brookside Hollow firework extravaganza! Us and a few neighbors went and bought some 'off the ground' fireworks and had our own little show. It was great! What made it even better was not having to fight the crowds, watching them in our pj's, and being able to immediately go inside and eat cobbler!

FUN FUN FUN! PICTURES PICTURES PICTURES! MJ at the parade...not a fan of loud noises!
Logan...that's a surprise, he has food in his mouth!
Grandpa 'Bill' and MJ
Logan watching the parade...not so sure what he is doing in the purple and pink stroller....
Jared and Patches! Patches squirts water at everyone...
The 3 nephews....Grandma of course had to get them all matching outfits!
Logan, happy happy happy!
MJ posing for the camera
Isn't he cute?!
Jared and patches


Jared and Jason doing fireworks
Mom and MJ snuggling watching the fireworks
Grandma and Logan cuddling
MJ and the neighbor kids
Mom and Logi
Neighbor kids again
Aunt Gretchen reading to MJ
Jared and I couldn't just let the kids have fun in the bouncer!
the 3 boys in the tub
AWWW....MJ and Luke