4th of July

I love the 4th of July!  One of my favorite holidays.

This year we had a great time spent together as a family and with some great friends!

We started out the celebration with a camp out in the basement.  Nate told Brynlee and Gracen he would put up the tent and sleep in it with them.  They were beyond excited and thought it was great!  

Nate didn't last long, he was upstairs in bed after a few hours.  Gracen slept the night away, and Brynlee came upstairs to her bed at about 5 a.m.  

Monday morning we got ready for the day while Nate went to the hospital to work his 2 hours.  Brynlee wanted a special 4th of July hair style, so we looked on the computer and this is what she wanted...

It's supposed to look kinda like a star and fireworks.  It didn't turn out as planned, but still very cute!

It was also decided that Bridger needed some special 4th of July hair, so Brynlee started spraying his hair with the water bottle.  His poor face was dripping wet by the time I noticed what she was doing.  I dried him off and he got a mohawk....

Gracen wanted special hair too, but his hair is too short to do much so we just combed it.

After Nate got home, we went to Monument Lake to go fishing.  Fishing didn't last long, Brynlee and Gracen decided it would be more fun to play in the water...

We weren't prepared for playing in the water, Gracen was trying really hard not to get his clothes wet.  Can't you tell by the way he's holding up his shirt??

After fishing, we went to a bbq at a friends house.  The kids had fun playing out on a slip n slide and just running around with the other kids that were there.  We had some yummy food, and played a card game.  Nate and Bridger were ready to go home to bed before the fireworks, but Brynlee, Gracen, my friend Jill and her kids and I all stayed up to watch the Sky Socks fireworks after the game.  The fireworks didn't start until about 11p.m. but we had fun!  

Happy 4th of July!!