July 4th

This year was a little different then most. We usually celebrate with my family and/or the Lowry family. My parents and sister were in Utah for a family reunion. We were supposed to go but John was not able to get the whole week off for us to go. I did not want to go up for just a few days so we decided to stay home. My brother also could not go so he invited us to party at their house. We hung out most of the day until we left around 4pm. There was a lot of food a people to chat with. It was fun and were were so glad to be able to hang out over there. The boys always enjoy seeing their cousin Kyle and Jenna enjoyed playing with my brother's niece on his in-laws side. We stayed pretty late and did not see fireworks since we saw some the night before. The boys had a swim meet on Thursday and one of the places that did fireworks on Thursday was a couple of blocks away. So we hung out for about a half hour after the swim meet with some of the other swim team families and watched the fireworks show. It was fun and the kids ran around like crazy little monsters. It ended just in time. A big storm came and we got poured on at our house. It has been a fun weekend and now the first of our July birthdays start in a few days.