Happy Fourth of July!!!!

I can't believe it's already the Fourth Of July!! Summer is going to be over before we know it! Well, I guess that means we have to live it up while we can! Tyson was so excited all week for this day to come. We had loaded up on fireworks and Brandon had asked him to ride in the fire truck again this year at the Piedmont parade! He counted down the days, and even went as far to say that this was his favorite holiday (even beating out Christmas!!)



The day was a little cool and wet at times, but that didn't damper the fun! We started with the parade.

Here comes Tyson! His job was to throw candy out and wave at all the people. He did a wonderful job and was nice and conservative on the candy!

Aiden, like last year, was not a big fan of the firetrucks and all of the noise they brought along with them! He seemed to recover a little quicker, though, this year...thank goodness! We were even able to check out the trucks after the parade!

Quite the two man crew!

After a much needed nap for the two boys we headed over to Brandon and Lyndee's for the annual 4th of July picnic. There were a lot of kids and everyone had fun playing baseball, football, and the favorite-volleyball. We started out just the adults (men vs. women), but it quickly became a free for all with children. The women's team quicly turned from 6 adults to about 7 kids and 6 adults. Let's just say we had the court well-covered! There was no keeping score-just a lot of fun!

Jim and Glenda have become great friends of ours, and we have spent a lot of great times together....the six of us. Unfortunately for us they are moving back to Pittsburgh in a week, so we made sure to get a group photo (minus Brandon who was working hard to get the fireworks set up for the big "Barn" fireworks show)

I don't know about you, but I think Tyson is a little excited for the fireworks!

Aiden could have cared less about the fireworks-it was the Cheetos that kept him busy!

Aiden's favorite part were the smoke bombs and snakes which we had plenty of (I'm thinking it was because they were nice and quiet). The bottle rockets and squealers were definitely at the bottom of his list for enjoyment.

Jim and Glenda were great with our kids, and they love them like family. I'm sure they will miss getting to see them as much, and wrestling and rough-housing with Jim! As Jim has taught them all to say: "Peace Dude!"