4th of july

we had a great 4th of july weekend.  we started early with our annual fireworks show at delmar gardens on tuesday.  yes, we go to the nursing home for fireworks :)  believe it or not, it's a ton of fun. they have a great event for the public - cotton candy, snow cones, bouncy slides, games, drinks, all sorts of things.  and a great fireworks display at the end of the night.  the girls love it, it's enough for them to go "wow" without the noise and the craziness of other fireworks displays.  personally, i love the mile drive home at the end of the night :)

picture quality isn't the best - that's what you get with the phone at night...

she was loving the fireworks...laughing at the noise and ka-booms :)

loves the fireworks...just not the noise :)

hanging out with the boys....what a little ham :)

saturday we were at friends for fun and food...the girls did sparklers for the first time.  what an experience.  the pics totally show their personalities :)  little c was not going to be one of the "babies" that watched.  jumped right in she did!!



sunday we headed over to grandma and grandpa's for a great dinner and sunday we headed down to terre du lac for some cottle family time.  some friends from lima were in st. louis for the weekend so they came along with us and got to play in the lake, have a great lunch and some good old fun with the barrett's and grandma and poppy. 

we are completely exhausted over the many late nights and are hoping to rest up before next week...vacation here we come!!!!