Fourth Festivities

We had a great 4th of July weekend. It started on Friday when my mom and family got into town. We went to my neighborhood pool and played all day long. Then on Saturday we went back to the pool and played some more, ate lots of good food and shot off a TON of fireworks. We were going non-stop all weekend but it was so fun to have all my family here. Reagan and Damian are finally getting to the age that they can play well together and so it is fun to sit back and watch their imaginations go to work. Sorry these pictures are in reverse order.... for some reason it always does that. Also somehow Stephen managed to avoid getting in any pictures this weekend but he was there. It was a great weekend and I love creating these memories with my kids.

Can you say fireworks anyone? My mom brought all these with her and then the guys put on a show in the cul de sac. They were great!! Thanks mom and Don.

Savannah Reagan and Zoey (those are two of her cousins on Stephens side that came to watch fireworks)

Pyromaniac Damian.... he wouldnt just sit and watch the fireworks he wanted to light them with all the big boys.

Reagan with her sparkler... that was about the only part of the fireworks that she liked... she was scared of the loud ones. She did like the "pretty ones" but if they were loud she went running into the garage. Ultimately I put her to bed before the big fireworks started because I got tired of hearing her wine about being scared and it was already like 2 hours past her bed time.

Me and my beautiful mom


Me and Megan (she is beautiful too =)

Reagan and Damian with their flags

Some of us at the pool (Stephen volunteered to take Brody home for his nap while we stayed at the pool. Thanks babe!)

Jordan playing with Reagan at our pool. He is great with the kids and they love him!!!

Ryan Brindi and Aiden were able to come up for the day. Aiden just started crawling so it was fun to watch him scoot around.

Yes that is wild man Damian way up at the top of the picture... he is crazy and loved every second of being thrown around.

Me and Reagan going down the water slide.

Megan and Damian going down the water slide.... he liked going down the waterslide himself but had to go with Megan for a while because he was trying to surf down the waterslide while standing up (and he is only 3....)

Brody looking a little goofy at the pool. Our pool tends to be a little on the cold side because of the waterslide and other water features so the water never has a chance to sit and get warm so he has spent a lot of time walking around the pool this summer as opposed to getting in.