We had a very festive and fun 4th of July this year! Our neighborhood had our annual parade in the morning, so we decorated our scooter, trike, & stroller the day before to participate in the fun.
Cutie Cole enjoying his ride in his "1st 4th" decorated stroller!!
All 3 of my patriotic cuties!
On our way to the start.
A fire truck came to lead our parade, and the kids enjoyed checking it out before hand
Such a sweet picture!
Happy baby boy!
Ella and her friend Maddie
Cute boys
A quick family shot
Carter and Greg
Boys hanging out
Cole attracted a lot of attention from the young girls! They all just love him.
Ella has made friends with some of the "big girls" in our neighborhood this summer. Here she is going to talk to some of her friends with one of the girls.
They are so sweet to take her in and pay attention to her, and she thinks the world of them! We have some great families in our neighborhood!
Showing off his new clapping skills to the ladies! HA!
Another family shot.
Fun morning celebrating our freedoms with wonderful friends and neighbors!
After the parade, we went straight up to the Beckmans to enjoy some time with family and shoot fireworks.
They were excited to be there!!
Wouldn't be 4th of July without some yummy watermelon! (Ha! to the pink bib!)
Grandma had lots of yummy treats there for us, too!
After lunch we hopped in the car to go pick out some fireworks.....
Hmmm. Decisions, decisions! But rest assured, we left with more than enough!
After some rest time for all of us, we played in the water outside
We took the big kids out on a quick boat ride.
She rarely smiles for the camera anymore. I promise she wasn't crying!
Love this big guy
<3 p="">
The kids got a kick out of watching Eric jump off the pier. They made it in too, but were in and out fast.
Cole's first mule ride!
All 5 of us!
We did a few small fireworks after dinner because the kids COULD NOT WAIT. They were so excited for fireworks!
Fun with smoke bombs
Grandma and the boys
Cole smiles at the camera more than any baby I've ever seen! (I think he was just happy to see me)
More smiles from that cute boy! We put him to bed at normal time, so he slept through all the late night festivities. We missed him, but know he had sweet dreams of lots of pretty fireworks.
Getting ready to watch!! They've been waiting for this all day!
Loved snuggling my girl. She was nervous so lap snuggles it was.
Finished it off with sparklers.
And then it was off to bed.... we were ALL tired! That wrapped up a great holiday for us! Hope you all enjoyed the 4th with your family and friends. :)
Carter is going to be as tall as you in no time. Maybe Cole has all of Ella's smiles these days. But there were several candid shots where she surely is smiling! Looks like Grandma and Cole are getting along pretty good, toll.
ReplyDelete