Thursday, July 8, 2010

July 4th...on the 3rd

 The shirt says it all!!!

This year July 4th fell on a Sunday, so our pool decided to celebrate on the 3rd. We love the celebrations that the pool has and our family traditions for this holiday. We added to the holiday this year by celebrating it twice. Anna and John had to work on the 3rd,  and Daniel was with a friend who is moving to Arizona, so we celebrated with them on the actual 4th.

The morning started out with Elijah and Abbey going to the "penny carnival" at our swim club-

The concentration of the artist
The Ladies' Man does his thing

Getting her nails painted

Playing tic-tac-toe toss

Getting some help from Daddy
The stork pose for croquet

Battle, and newly home from Ethiopia, Corrie

Elijah likes Corrie's glasses(even upside down)

That evening we joined some friends at a nearby town's celebration. After listening to the symphony, we watched fireworks. The younger kids had a blast running around with other kids, playing football and admiring their glowing necklaces

Abbey loved making Corrie smile

Elijah flying

A little wary of the fireworks at first
We didn't know how Elijah would react, but he didn't show any fear at all

In fact, they both enjoyed them


On the way home, we just had to stop at Krispy Kreme for some doughnuts. A special treat for a special night!

Next... the second 4th celebration.
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2 comments:

  1. Pool, fireworks, AND doughnuts? Now that is one special day. What could possibly come next?

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  2. Fun times and boy do I want to be part of your family traditions--especially the Krispy Kreme part!!!

    I finally met Corrie and Shannon on Sunday at church. Can't believe I didn't know about them until just a few weeks ago! Hopefully, before we know it, all of Crossroads will become "adoption" families. :)

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