4th of July

First off, I have to apologize. There are barely any pictures. Actually only 3.
I know, absolutely awful of me. I am having this picture issue, where I normally am a picture taking fool, I have been the opposite! I haven't even taken a recent belly shot and my stomach is even pooching now. Yes, I know, quite unbearable.

The day started off like any other day. First off, when you work Fridays, and then you don't have to work a Friday, it feels like heaven, not on that Friday, but on that Saturday.
So Friday started out normal. I woke up early and FORCED Jonathan to get up and we all went to eat breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Then I decided that Lyric and my nieces/nephew needed 4th of July shirts to wear, so that started us on a hunt all over the mall, which turned up nothing, because by the 4th, all the 4th of July shirts are gone.
So then we went to Target and managed to find some, though they didn't look very festive.
Here are a pictures of Lyric and Kadyn's shirts:

And here are pic of Ash and Maddy's

and then a pic of all 4 of the girls. Note that my daughter never smiles as good as her cousins:

We went over to my parent's house for the day and just swam and laid out. I couldn't stay out too long, or my headache would start back up. So I am still pasty white, an issue that more than one people pointed out that day.
But it's not my fault, it just looks like that compared to the crispy baked tans of my nieces and sister. Hey, if I was a stay at home mom, I would have a tan, I can guarantee you that!

We grilled out and spent the day just having a good time with friends and family. We had a big group, which is always nice and lively.

Do you realize that this is the first 4th in 2 years that it hasn't rained during the day? I know this because we've had rained out barbecues for 2 years running, so it was nice to actually be able to spend time outside this year.

Then later we all decided to watch the fireworks over the racetrack. But this year, they had to move them back because of the new Air Hogs stadium, and they were so far from where we were that you couldn't even hear the booms/bangs/or whistles. I've decided that fireworks are not interesting to watch unless you can hear them explode.

So maybe next year we'll do something different, or at least get closer.

The only good thing is we didn't have any panicky kids who freak at the fireworks, so that was nice.

Well that was our 4th. Pretty uneventful, but oh so fun as usual.

Later people!