Happy 4th!

We had a fun and easy 4th of July. We spent most of the day at home enjoying our time together at home with the exception of a trip to the mall. It was really hot outside, but it cooled to the upper nineties that night so we decided to get out to see some fireworks. Austin and Ginny are spending the week with other family so it was just the five of us.

Brooke celebrating in style

Keely, Claire

Getting ready to go! Not quite sure why the babies had blankets...

Waiting...

We thought we'd staked out the perfect spot to watch fireworks...far enough away to not scare the kids, but close enough to see them--or so we thought. We figured the other people in the parking lot knew what they were doing. Once the show started we became aware that the fireworks were blocked by a big line of trees. We could barely make out the colors of the fireworks through the trees. We decided to drive to another spot and view the show from the road, and as we were getting in the car, Brooke was protesting, "I want sparkle trees!" 

We were able to see the fireworks better from the new spot and this time Brooke was calling them her birthday cake. Silly girl.