I love the 4th of July--I think it's my favorite holiday besides Christmas.
We took our annual end of June/beginning of July trip to Stockton with the Wilhelms and had a great time!
Us girls had taken a trip to Walmart at the beginning of the week and stocked up on hats to wear on the boat!
We enjoyed lots of time on the water! The kids got to drive the boat and thought they were so grown up.
We were finally there to see the fireworks show Stockton puts on every year--we've usually already left Stockton by the time they do it, so it was fun to be able to watch it with everyone! We drug our chairs and blankets out to the front yard and enjoyed the show!
We headed home from Stockton on Monday and had a day of rest and then hosted my family for our annual 4th of July party. Except we did it on July 3rd this year so everyone could have the next day to recover off work since we always stay up so late! Brooke made the most delicious sugar cookie flag cake....YUM!
One of us (I won't mention any names) even snuck a few drinks of Mountain Dew when he thought nobody was watching...
Once it was dark, we started shooting off our fireworks and watched the fireworks shows going off in the surrounding towns. It's cool because from our yard, you can see shows in Andover, Benton, Towanda, El Dorado, Wichita....you can watch one in pretty much any direction you look!
We took our annual end of June/beginning of July trip to Stockton with the Wilhelms and had a great time!
Us girls had taken a trip to Walmart at the beginning of the week and stocked up on hats to wear on the boat!
Tessa Grace used her hat to shield her face from pictures....RUDE.
We were finally there to see the fireworks show Stockton puts on every year--we've usually already left Stockton by the time they do it, so it was fun to be able to watch it with everyone! We drug our chairs and blankets out to the front yard and enjoyed the show!
Then the kids (and Nick and Josh) got to do some sparklers and had the best time!
We headed home from Stockton on Monday and had a day of rest and then hosted my family for our annual 4th of July party. Except we did it on July 3rd this year so everyone could have the next day to recover off work since we always stay up so late! Brooke made the most delicious sugar cookie flag cake....YUM!
We spent most of the evening playing outside in the pool and enjoying the warm weather!
Once it was dark, we started shooting off our fireworks and watched the fireworks shows going off in the surrounding towns. It's cool because from our yard, you can see shows in Andover, Benton, Towanda, El Dorado, Wichita....you can watch one in pretty much any direction you look!
On the actual 4th of July, we spent most of the day at home and then went to the neighbor's house for some swimming, volleyball and more fireworks! We had a great time celebrating our nation's freedom! We are so thankful for the men and women who have fought for our country!
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