4th of July Part 2

The weekend following the 4th we went up to Mark Twain Lake with our friends Amy & Nathan and their boys. Will & Jaden are great friends and they had a blast all weekend. We lit up sparklers, did snakes and of course pops. Out on the boat we went fishing, tubing and found a nice beach area for the kids to play. Will & Jaden actually tubed by themselves for a little bit but then Jaden went all by himself for quite a while. We had a great time!!

4th of July Part 1

The Fourth of July was a 2 part event for us.  The 4th fell on a Wednesday and the  night before we had a slumber party with all the cousins (Kali, Ava, Will & Emma) and we made some yummy treats...

I put them all down to bed and went down to clean up the kitchen when all of a sudden they all came running downstairs saying "Someone is knocking on the windows!!!"  I knew there was no way they were going to sleep any time soon so I let them go outside and see what that knocking noise was.  They sat outside and oohed and aahed for the next 20 minutes.

  

They had so much fun and I guess I was the "cool mom & aunt" at least for a little while!!

The next morning they were helping me get ready for the big party and I put them to work cleaning and buffing the floors!! HaHa!!

Emma sampling the yummy treats and getting a sugar high!!

And now for the crash!!

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Ready Set Slip N Slide

Summer just wouldn't be complete without a good old fashioned Slip N Slide. It is funny how something that seems so basic to us kids have no idea what to do with it until we show them. Prime example is the Slip N Slide. I got it all set up and all the kids were doing was splashing water on eachother. I had to demonstrate the Slip N Slide for them so they knew what to do with it. It was pretty funny and they had a blast watching mom go sliding down.

I snapped a great picture of Emma just having fun!!

Vegas Baby!!

Well, we have been having a lot of fun. So much fun that I have not even had time to blog. I hope to update everyone on all the fun things we have done. This may take several posts so bare with me.  At the end of June Mike and I went to Las Vegas for a mini vacation with my sister Sarah, her husband Sean, my friend Lauren, and her husband Matt.  This was Mike and I's first weekend away without the kids ever!!!  We Honeymooned in Vegas and at that time we said we would come back every year.....we are shooting for every 6 years now.  We had so much fun and just enjoyed spending time with eachother.  We ate really well while we were there.  In fact I think we spent more on food than on anything else. 

While we were having fun in Vegas the kids were having fun with my parents in Kansas. 

Hubby and I having fun!!

Some great shots of all of us.

This last pic was for Will because he is absolutely in love with everything Spiderman right now!!