4th of July Fun

For the Fourth of July we drove down to my parents house for their annual family party.  We (like most everyone!) had a BBQ with lots of family and then lit off some parachute fireworks.  These are always a favorite but for some reason this year we had a lot of duds.  

Addy thought they were a little too noisy,

but she still tried to catch them with all the others.

We only had one battle wound but he got the parachute so it was totally worth it!

Then all the kids take turns, starting with the littlest, to hit the pinata.

(sorry the picture isn't straight)

We always end with Chelsea busting the pinata open since technically we've always said it was part of her birthday celebration.

Enjoying their candy...

or a minion.

While we were waiting for it to get a little darker, we road the wiggle cars while Mitch threw snaps at us.

Jamie even brought glow necklaces and bracelets for all the kids. They were a great hit.

Then my mom persuaded Chelsea to climb into this fake firework box so she could send a picture to her man in Alaska.  I thought they should send him this picture!

The girls were so cute while we were watching the fireworks.  They were always saying "Ohhh I love that one!"  "That's my favorite cause it has pink (or purple) in it" and my favorite was "It's not too loud anymore!" Since Addy was sort of being a baby about the parachutes I was a little worried how the night would go but it turned out great.

She was even brave enough to hold her own sparkler!

And only one fell asleep.

I think we had a pretty good show this year.

Now just to clean it up!

Family BBQ/ Totally Awesome Cake

The same weekend Alex and Jaquel were up visiting, the Robison's were also up for a family reunion. On Sunday we all got together for a BBQ and a little celebration for Isaac's 12th birthday. I thought it would be fun to make him a cake. So with the help of Mitch (and Alex and Jaquel playing with Addy) we created a pretty awesome shark cake.

It definately doesn't look as good as the picture in the book but I was still please with the end result. So Happy Birthday Isaac!

Then here are just a few pics of the kids playing and doing relay races. I just love how Addy thinks she is just as big as the rest of them!

OuTsiDe FuN

The weather has been absolutely beautiful this past weekend so we spent a lot of time outside. We went on a few walks/bike rides, shot some hoops, threw the football around, had several BBQ's, went to the park, blew bubbles and just relaxed in the sun. Needless to say, my house was quite a mess by Sunday afternoon because I just didn't feel like cleaning when the weather was so nice. Here are just a few snap shots of Addy outside loving the sunshine. (I tried to put them in a collage but I couldn't get it to work. Anyone know how to do this?)