INDEPENDENCE DAY

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

We had a GREAT holiday! It was filled with festivities and we are pretty exhausted about now!

Connor wanted to make a flag cake. He pretty much did all the work himself. 

We did not want to make a big deal about it during the family party but if anyone found an egg shell in their piece of cake you now know why :) 

Connor loves to help me out in the kitchen and he is becoming a pretty good helper!

We headed down to my parent's house on the 3rd and did the Centerville children's parade. 

Brooks tried taking off down a side street when there were too many people in his way. Connor loved the parade.

We ended up at the park. Connor got to pet this alligator!

Centerville paid for everything at the park so all the attractions were free, which was so nice and fun!

We ended the day watching Centerville City's firework show. 

We had a great seat on a friend's lawn and perfect parking in their driveway! 

It really was a fun day and they kids loved every minute of it! 

My parents did a dinner and we slept in their backyard. 

Berkley loved sleeping in the tent with us.

The boys thought it was a ton of fun too. I did not mind it but Justin let us all know he would be upgrading our two man tent to a six man. Too squishy for him :)

We got up early to go to the Centerville parade and continue the fun. 

Connor had been invited to be on the VHS lacrosse trailer. 

He had so much fun! He has been going on and on about throwing tootsie rolls to people and how much he loved it! Brooks and all the cousins were excited to see him and Matt pass by. 

After a good lunch at my parents we headed home and crashed for a couple of hours before the night time festivities began. 

 We love doing fireworks in the neighborhood because we have a perfect view of the West Point Fireworks! It is always fun to watch the big ones close by and let the kids do their own.

Brooks excited to do fireworks.

Good friends!

This picture sums up Brooklynn and Connor perfectly. Best of friends!

We had a fun holiday and a fun weekend. 

So grateful to family and friends that make these days so fun!