Fun on the 4th!

We had a very boring, and mellow 4th of July. We just hung out at home and did some fireworks with friends. The girls loved the sparklers and poppers the best. They really didn't care about the big fireworks that we watched from Eaglewood. Maybe on the 24th they will be more interested in them.

Sweet little ladies!

The girls and their friend Fischer. We had fun BBQuing with them and doing fireworks.

The sparklers were a huge hit, we went through 4 boxes.

The girls had so much fun doing the poppers.

They were really bummed out when they were all gone.

Wet and Wild!

The girls have been loving the wading pool that Emiy got for her Birthday. They dream up some pretty crazy things to do in it.

They love to lay on their rafts and float in the nice cool water. Luckily it has been so hot, they don't even notice the ice water temperatures.

A couple of weeks ago we went to a friends birthday party. While there they got to slide down a big swing set slide with water running down it that dropped you onto a slip and slide that continued down their hill. They thought that it was so fun and made their own version of it at home, minus the big slide and the slip and slide. Needless to say, it is as fun as they could imagine. They sail down the slide, I am waiting for the day that they go flying out of the pool.

The looks that Ali gets on her face cracks me up. She seems to think that the slide is much bigger than it really is.

Hopefully this can continue entertaining the kids throughout the rest of the summer.

Bouncing Babies

This year the girls got a Trampoline for their Birthdays. I am so glad that we finally gave in and decided to get one. It has given them so much entertainment, I have forgotten the thrill of bouncing the day away.

My Little Dancers

Ali and Emily both started dance yesterday. They are so excited to have something fun to do during the day.

The Party!

Emily had a Strawberry Shortcake Themed Birthday party on Saturday. She had been looking forward to it for such a long time. She felt so big since she was going to be having a "friend" party like Ali. All of her best buds came and partied with her making fruit loop necklaces, playing musical chairs and freeze dance, and playing in the backyard.

Emiy ready to blow out her 3 candles.

Emily and Isabel modeling their awesome shades.

Isabel, Ali, Emily and Lex ready to get the party started. As well as Ali showing off her fruit loop necklace. All of the kids had their eaten by the end of the party.

Miah and Emily pushing Emily's new shopping cart from Nana.

Present time! Em got so many fun things, including some really neat Strawberry Shortcake toys. I forgot how good the shortcake dolls smell. It brought me back to my childhood days.

Emily invited Jadon, Miah, Lex, Isabel, Cooper, Cailin, and Macy.

Happy 3rd Birthday to Emily!

Friday was Emily's 3rd Birthday. She was so excited for it this year. Ali is sure making sure that she knows what she should be excited for, and also what she should not be.

Everyone had to work on her actual Birthday, so we just hung out and did extra fun things during the day. Here she is demonstrating how old she is.

And here she is with her lunch of choice, PBJ's and Cheeto's.

Emily, Ali, Lex and Isabel all checking out her first present. A nice big wading pool.

Emily loved playing in the pool. She splashed around in there all day. She would play for awhile when come in and get dressed, then they would go out and walk aroun in it in their clothes, and then come in and want to put their suits back on again.

It was killing her all day to open up her presents, so we let her open three on her actual day, and then we saved the rest for her first friend party that we had on Saturday. Those pictures will come tomarrow.

Hazen Pictures

For Ali's dance this year all the girls got to go and get their Team Pictures at Hazen Photography.

It was so fun. Ali thought that it was the neatest thing ever. The ladies there did her hair and makeup, they even got to change their outfits a couple of times. Ali did fabulous and loved every minute of it, but Emily of course, our little "stone cold" would not even crack a smile. We did not get one picture with her smiling in it. Here are some of our favorites.

Lagoon A Beach

We have been to Lagoon A Beach three times so far this year, and the girls, if possible, seem to love it more and more every time that we go.

Emily loves to swing on the swings and go up and down the slides in kiddie land over and over.

Ali thinks that she is really neat because she is now tall enough to ride on all of the waterslides. Her favorite is the big tube slide that has all the different pools in it.

Emily is a maniac, and I am loving her smiles these days.

Emily and Nana palling around at Lagoon. We love it when Nana comes with us and hangs out.