4th of July!

We had a great 4th (and 2nd and 5th) of July this year.  The Saturday before, on the 2nd, our neighborhood did a movie in the park. 

Sorry for the horrible pictures in this post!  The first two were taken at night and focusing was next to impossible but I had to include them anyway! We packed up some lawn chairs, blankets, and popcorn and headed down the street. 

The kids had a great time watching tangled with others from our neighborhood. 

Then on the 4th, we started out the day with a little softball.  A bunch of friends from church got together and played on the "field" behind the church.  The field has seen better days, that is for sure! Sammy slept on a blanket the whole time we were there, which was actually kind of nice because it meant we could both play at the same time.  

Mid-afternoon, we had a few families over for a BBQ at our place.  It was a good excuse to clean our house and use our deck again this year.  It was fun to hang out and play games with family friends. 

That evening we went over to a friend's parents' house (the Manns) to watch fireworks.  Brook's dad was in the military for 32 years and loves fireworks and patriotic holidays.  He put on a show that lasted over an hour, with aerial fireworks and music blasting.  It was a lot of fun. 

The next day we went to the Bees game.  (Lucy was real cooperative for photos that night.) We enjoyed the baseball and beautiful weather and the kids enjoyed the playground and "bouncing place." 

Isn't summer great?!