Thursday, August 25, 2011

It's gonna take a few parties . . .

like this one to convince some of our tri-city friends who are less than enthusiastic about the 4th of July that it's really the BEST HOLIDAY EVER!  I think we made at least a little progress toward that end this year, though :)

Yummy Food



Elias REALLY enjoyed the strawberries!



Good Friends

The whole weekend was made so much sweeter because we were able to spend it with our good friends the Birds.  Friday night we had a perfect night of eating Thai takeout on the lawn while watching what seemed to be a fireworks show competition between some neighbors down the street, while the girls all stayed up late and ran around the yard screaming and laughing.

 Here's the Birds' sweet little Victoria.


CMan!


Noel and Benjamin

Praxis Kiddos
Fireworks!

Our neighborhood has a CRAZY amount of fireworks.  We chose to not even go to one of the city fireworks displays because there were huge fireworks going off in every direction and we could enjoy awesome displays without having to fight crowds and traffic.  Really, it went on all weekend; some people might find that annoying but I loved every boom, whistle, and scream!

Safety Instructions


'Rora and her sparkler

The Pattersons

The Ockenfels

Sandi and Tori


Our Greta


Aaron and Nathan


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