4th of July

The boys had so much fun on the 4th of July. Being at Nana and Papa's house is fun enough for them, but add cousins, fireworks, and ice cream and that just makes it a total blast!! We actually made it through the fireworks without any major meltdowns and not too much screaming this year!! It was definitely a success in our books!

It's fun being with family for the 4th, but I really do miss the big fireworks shows I watched as a kid.

Aunt Kerry made a festive cake for everyone after dinner.  It was red, white and blue on the inside too.  Can you tell the kids were just ready to eat the cake rather than take a picture with it?!?

Time for some backyard fireworks!!

Radley was EXTREMELY curious about those fireworks.  He wasn't a big fan of the loud ones, but he was still intrigued.

He was really trying to figure out what was going on!!

They were all ready for more!

Kyler has gotten more brave since last year.  He was so scared of the loud noises last year that he hid inside while we did fireworks.  He still doesn't like loud noises (fireworks or not), but he watched all of them!!

Running through the green smoke bomb!

Radley with his first sparkler.

Damon had fun with the sparklers, but he was quite dangerous.

Kyler still a little nervous about sparklers.

Little Asher slept through all the fireworks.  My babies would have never done that!!

He is just too cute!!

Watching the big fireworks.

A typical family picture

The kids were excited for it to get dark and dance in the fireworks! Damon was excited until the moment came and then he decided to watch. He still had fun watching!