Fourth of July

I know it was more than a week ago but before it gets to be to late...

Fourth of July

Like last year we made it out to the Fourth of July parade. It was hot but totally worth it. Cole had a blast waving at the floats and fire trucks and of course catching the candy. Seriously the candy it’s a bit overwhelming how much they toss out. And of course Cole wanted to eat each darn piece. We got to go with the Butlers and some of the Ervicks so it was even more enjoyable.

 

This was Emery’s first experience and she did really well considering all she wants to do is move on her own. We just had to keep switching up who held her and change her position.
I know I will reget saying this ….but she might be happier once she can crawl on her own.

 

When the parade was done I brought Em home to nap and Hubs brought Cole to the pool with everyone else. They had a blast and we ended the night with a nice little cookout at our house. Sadly Cole did not make it to see fireworks. Homeboy crashed hard at 745. Play hard = Sleep hard.

   

July Fourth!

Before it gets to late I wanted to post about this year’s fourth of July before I forget. Recently I have been looking back at my blog and it’s inspired me to blog more. It’s such a wonderful way to document my family and Cole’s life it makes me sad that I have slacked the last few months. So from this day forward I will blog more!
So Fourth of July... I digressed a bit…We ventured out early to try and avoid the heat. We went to our town parade with The Butler family, we set up chairs and had snack and cold drinks for the kids. It had been about 10 years since I had been to it, not much had changed. Ha. The kids seemed to really enjoy it, especially when the floats threw out candy at the kid! Cole consumed two lollipops in about an hour. Don’t judge. I pick my battles this was not one of them.

Cole, Reese and Bryce

 

The Butler Family

My boys

How cute are they?!

Holding hands and waving

 

 After 2 hours the heat became brutal and it was time for some AC. We headed home for lunch and naps. Yes I even had a 2 hour glorious nap that afternoon. We headed over to our neighbors for a good old fashioned picnic and sweated our behinds off. I mean 98 degrees and 100% humidity…that’s just gross. We did light off a few fireworks and the kids really got a kick out of them. Cole just sat there in awe like what on earth is this?! He kept telling me "loud mama"and he clapped when they would finish. I’m so grateful we have such good friends that are also our neighbors it really makes things so easy. Even better is both are baby monitors work in each other’s backyards. Can it get any better than that?!?