July 4th

We went and had a bar-b-que at my folk's house and then did fireworks.

I did Keagan's hair in "firework" style. She loved it.

cousins

doing pop-its

our little family

Balloon Fest

The kids and I did the balloon fest the Saturday before the 4th of July. I have been doing this since Easton was just a baby. We missed last year because we were out of town, and it just didn't seem like the 4th of July to me. So glad to get back to our tradition.

Even though it was super early, the kids were excited to be there.

This year the Darth Vader balloon made it's first appearance in our balloon fest. Easton was so excited to see it. And there were Star Wars characters walking around the festival, which was even more exciting.

There was a huge line to see Darth Vader, but we were able to squeeze in and take a picture. One of the storm troopers put his hand on Easton's shoulder and Easton said afterward, "He was squeezing my neck!" He was so excited.

The Coke bottle was a first this year too. 180 feet tall. It was cool to see it go up, even if it was only for a minute.

Holiday Fun

Balloons a couple of days before the 4th.

Waking up very early--you must have doughnuts.

Keagan was scared of the fans that blew the balloons up.

The 4th

Daddy was able to come for dinner, then had to leave, then came back for the tail end of fireworks.--so no pictures of him. :(

Keagan was afraid of the fireworks. I knew she wouldn't like the noisy ones, but I thought she would like the little ones--but, no. She wouldn't even let me move my hand from her ear and she had her head on my chest the whole time.

This is what you do when the firework smoke comes your way.