4th of July

We spend the 4th of July working and having some fun. In the morning we watched the parade and the boys brought home WAY too much candy. The only problem we had was the fire trucks and their sirens scared Brech some. Other than that, it was a great parade.

Then we came home for lunch and attempted to take naps. That didn't go over so well. Darren let the boys do some fireworks he had gotten. Then early in the afternoon I took Blase, Stephen and Brech back to town to watch the local fire departments compete in a water fight/contest. The boys spotted a couple jump houses (Thanks Katie for that term) to play on, so I forked out some cash for them to play. They had a BLAST! Stephen's favorite was the castle and Blase loved the slide that was very tall. Then we walked over to the contest and watched the teams. Our township fire department lost, but it was still exciting to watch. We also had cotton candy as a treat during the water fight. Afterwards, Blase and Stephen walked around the fire trucks. They met a fireman who let them sit inside one of the trucks. Then we went back to the jump houses and had another few minutes of fun. Brech fell asleep so I carried him for quite awhile while the boys played. Both Brech and I came home with little sunburns. He looked adorable with his pink cheeks!

Later in the night Darren took the 3 oldest back into town again (lucky its only 10 minutes away) to watch the fireworks. Darren said it was the best show he's seen. I stayed home with the little ones. It was a good thing as they didn't get home until after 10:30. I think they had all fun.