Happy 4th of July

We had a great 4th of July this year. We started off at the pool at Lake Park and just did a family dip. Carly, Chloe, and Harper each took turns taking their vests off and doing swim lessons with me. I am so proud of all of them swimming by themselves! We usually go to the Aquatic Center and they can touch everywhere so they don't need their vests, and they can put their feet down and cheat. So it was nice to put them in deep water and make them push themselves. Finley just sat in her float, leaned back and drank pool water. Here she is prior to taking a dip in her 4th of July bikini!

I love this picture! She looks just like Carly with the nose wrinkling!! And check out that top tooth coming in. She has that one front one and the one next to it is coming in - not the other front one. She is going to have a sideways looking smile for a little bit! But not to fear, that other front one is about to pop through too. Gotta love teething ;)

That night we had a get together over here. Sarah, Tim, Preston, Ethan, TJ, Deanna, and Chris all came over for a cook out. We ate and ate and then the guy across the street had a TON of fireworks. So, I put Finley to bed and we all sat in the driveway and watched the show. It was nice not having to go anywhere. We were going to walk to the middle of the neighborhood and watch those fireworks, but since the guy across the street had them, we stayed put. Here are pictures of the girls doing sparklers. They were doing these the night before to prepare for the 4th. Carly, Chloe, and Harper didn't do too bad this year. They still despise the loud noise, but they actually stayed outside and watched with their ears covered. I am pretty impressed! But all in all it was a wonderful 4th of July!!