Our 4th!!

Our whole 4th of July weekend was pretty much working on the shed. We have been so thankful to my parents for helping us out and taking a ton of their time!! We are getting a ton done! We got all showered and headed over to Grandma and Papa's house for dinner and fireworks. They barbecued hamburgers and hot dogs and of course potato salad!! Yum!!

We also watched the Nathan's hot dog eating contest. The girls couldn't figure out why they were eating so much. They were pretty grossed out by it:)

Then we hung outside until it started getting darker.

The sparklers came out!!! My girls never wanted to hold a sparkler this early but that must be the difference between boys and girls!! Aiden couldn't get enough of them!! He kept staring at them and he would shake it up and down. It was adorable!!

Jordyn finally held her first sparkler as well!! She made me hold it with her for the first couple of times and then she got braver! :)

Makenna is the complete opposite of Jordyn. She loves fireworks!! She couldn't get enough of them. She kept pointing her sparkler in the air and calling herself Hermoine!! :)

Boys crouching down to light a firework!!

Had to have another one:)

Look Mom!!!! Wow!!!

Jordyn did really well for about half of the night until my parent's neighbors started shooting off very loud illegal ones right over our heads. The remnants of them kept falling on us. It was finally too much for her and she just cried to go inside. Sounds just like her mommy when I was young:) Good thing fireworks are just as beautiful from the wonderful safety of your house!

Couldn't even stay awake long enough to get home:) We had a wonderful 4th!!

4th of July!

I don't know if it was because it was on a Sunday or what but it just didn't feel like the 4th of July yesterday. But either way, we had a blast. The girls were super excited to see fireworks since they got a preview the night before. We had just gotten home from our Stake's patriotic concert (which Trav played awesome in:) and there was a park that was going to shoot fireworks off and we could see them from our front yard!! Makenna was flipping out!! It was a pain getting them to bed but we did with the promise that they would see more the next day.

We then went to church the next morning and she kept asking me when they would be able to see the fireworks and then she would get all upset when I said 'later'!!! She doesn't get that later is not very long because she said, "You told me it was today!!!" Yes, but not until it gets dark!! :)

After church and a hard worked for nap (I had to lay down with Jordyn for her to relax enough to sleep and then Makenna laid down with me and fell asleep too:), we went over to Grandma and Papa's for dinner and fireworks. My mom found the bumbo that they used for my nephew and we put our chunky monkey in it!! He wasn't sure what to think but he didn't hate it! He actually stared at this little firetruck the whole time:)

And then he blew out his diaper so he couldn't wear his flag shirt anymore.....this is his reaction to that;)

My sweet girls:)

They were so excited to do fireworks that we did some sparklers before it got dark. Jordyn was excited.....at first.

Trav doing one too:)

Makenna was thrilled. I told her to look at me so I could take a pic. As you can see she smiled for the camera but she couldn't take her eyes off the sparkler.

Mahler! He wasn't too thrilled.

The next few pics are quite funny. They show the range of emotions from Jordyn:)

Interested.

Kinda nervous.

Scared!!! Starting to freak out!

Hmmm...wait a minute....it might not be so bad.

Ok.....I'm cool.

She then just wanted to watch.....J.J and Papa

Daddy and Kenna

Mommy and Kenna

Kenna in awe from some fireworks in the sky! You can see what the excitement did to Aiden:)

Jordyn looking at the ones in the sky! She loved those!!

So then we ventured out front to light some of our own and to watch all the other crazies light their illegal ones. The dogs weren't too happy about all the noise.

Aiden was still kinda bored with it all:)

He would watch the fireworks but this is about as excited as he got:)

Jordyn hated the ones that were close. She kept hiding her face when we were lighting them but loved watching the ones in the sky even though those had a huge boom to them.

Makenna just loves it all. She even did these fireworks that you just light in your hand and throw. This girl is fearless.

We had a great 4th of July!! Thank you Grandma and Papa for sharing it with us!!

4th of July

We went over to Grandma and Papa's for the 4th of July! We had a barbeque and watched Tony win the race!! WooHoo! The girls played in the blow up pool and had a blast. Travis played with the Las Vegas Phil that night but he was able to eat with us before he left.

Trying to get a pic with my girls!

Makenna loves the fireworks!! She kept asking for them all afternoon. She didn't want to do the sparklers or anything but she couldn't get enough of all the illegal ones that everyone was shooting off around us.

I wondered how Jordyn would do this year. She started out ok as you can see by this pic. She kept saying 'pretty'!!!

Miss Makenna was thoroughly enjoying them.

And then Jordyn started to get this questioning look on her face. She wasn't sure if she was liking it.

And then she really started to not like them. They were really noisy!

And now she is done!!! She wanted in the house NOW!!! Poor baby! She is just like her mommy was.

But this one stayed out and enjoyed every minute. She didn't want to go home but I promised her we would go out at our house once we got Jordyn relaxed and in bed.

Ready to go!!!

Lady stayed out with us but this is where she chose to hide. Poor thing!!

We had a great 4th of July!

Phew!!

I am finally sitting down!!! Today was pretty busy. I did my grocery shopping this morning (and boy it was a mad house with the holiday), Mom and I colored our hair, I worked out, washed, folded and put away like five loads of laundry, cleaned two bathrooms, dusted my room and straightened up the downstairs. Oh, and then I called all of our hotels to confirm them and ask if they could make them next to each other. All while trying to keep the girls entertained since Travis was at the Phil rehearsal. Phew!!! Now, I am finally chilling out with some Mother's cookies (did they start making them again???) and looking forward to a fun day tomorrow. Makenna can't wait to see the fireworks again. That girl is braver than I was when I was her age. I would sit inside my Grandma's house and watch them from there because I was so scared. This youngen can't get enough of it. I hope everyone enjoys their holiday!!