Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! Given that there's a new baby in the house, we didn't have big plans for the day. Just having Geof home to spend the day with us was good enough! But we remembered that this morning was the Longlake 4th of July Kids Parade, so Kellen and Addie decorated their bikes and headed down to the clubhouse at 11:00 for the parade. There were tons of kids with red white and blue bikes, scooters, wagons and strollers and the kids got to take over Silver View Lane for a while. It was really fun and we will definitely do it again next year! One thing we did learn is that Kellen will need to ride his scooter next year - riding a 2-wheeler without training wheels at parade speed is quite difficult, so Kellen sped through the parade route and "won the parade." View more pictures here.

Geof grilled burgers and corn for dinner and we had a big watermelon. Kellen had a late night last night, so it was early to bed for K&A. At around 9:00 our neighbors started a fireworks display in their front yard, and we discovered that Addie had not yet gone to sleep, so she got to go outside (in her jammies - big fun!) and watch the show. She even got to do some sparklers. I was feeling bad that we had not gone to the fairgrounds to see the fireworks, but Kevin's display, combined with the great aerial display across our backyard, was enough to satisfy us! Addie really liked it and liked holding the sparklers. And now, Ellary is sleeping so we're off to sleep, too.