4th of July Celebration Tour '11

On the river bank getting ready for the fireworks

The fire rescue boat was of course a huge hit with

my boys!

My boys!

At my parents' house they have these birds who

make nests under their car port - there are 4

nests right now!! I got this shot of the mama bird

coming back to the nest to feed the babies! I think

it's neat how you can see some horse hair that the

nest was made from!

Water fight at Dee Dee and Pap's

Helping Daddy and Pap make

homeade ice cream

at the cabin

Loving the ribs at the cabin

Making cousin Bowen laugh

Biggest shock of my life- my boys loving the inter

tube!!

Ben swimming to shore

At the Anderson's

Kortney is the Martha Stewart

of our group - every party at her

house is decorated so perfectly!

The shirt says it all

Getting ready to eat

We began our patriotic tour on Thursday in Greenwood at the fireworks show. We stayed away from the big crowd by sitting on the river bank on the opposite side - it was wonderful!! We sat on picnic blankets and the breeze from the river made it so nice! After playing at Dee Dee and Pap's on Friday, we went to a bar-b-que at Marcie and Craig's on Saturday. We got to swim and eat yummy food. We played some more at Dee Dee and Pap's on Sunday and then went to the annual family 4th of July lunch at the cabin on Monday. I was so very shocked that Will and Ben agreed to get in the ski boat and actually take a spin on the inter tube behind the boat!!! I was so proud that they tried this and actually liked it!! Around 4pm we left the cabin headed back to Brandon to catch our breath and then head to the Anderson's for a fun supper. By the time we got home around 9pm - we were so very exhausted from all of the fun 4th of July Celebrations!!!