The 4th of July was really fun this year! We went down Thursday night, so that Vic and Charley could work with Daddy on a couple of projects at the house. They put some bricks around Daddy's fruit trees and put lattice siding on the bottom of the back porch. While they did that, Atticus, Grace, and I met GG and Molly at the Denton Waterpark to swim.
Although 4th of July was on Friday, the fireworks show at the marina down from mom and dad's house, was held on Saturday. So, Daddy and Mom had the family over to the house on Saturday evening. First, that morning, Vic, Daddy & I went to Lewisville to help Ana and Charley move to a 2 bedroom apartment in their same complex. Thankfully, they had 11 people total helping on this move because we moved stuff down from the 3rd floor of one building and back up to the 2nd floor of a different building. My legs were sore for a few days, but I know I burned a lot of calories! That afternoon, we went back to the house where Daddy tried out his new smoker for the first time. He and Vic got some chickens ready and put them on.
For the rest of the afternoon, the kids played and food was prepared and Melbo, GG, Pa and Charley all came over. Ana had other plans and Molly had to work and we missed them! But, the kids looked adorable and the food was delicious and we ended the night with watching fireworks from Mom and Daddy's back porch. It was cool weather when the sun went down and it was nice to not get stuck in 1 hour traffic coming down our road when people left the marina after the show.
Grace actually kept her pigtails in for the night! And, Atticus decided to wear his socks on his hands for awhile outside. I am sure he was hot, but he was playing so I'm sure it made sense to him. He also carried Marshall, his new Paw Patrol puppy toy that GG gave him, everywhere.
Sometimes, the most fun things to do are exploring. The kids liked playing on the flatbed trailer, hitting grasshoppers with a flyswatter off of the fences, looking through binoculars at the goats, and playing with the goats. Country living!
And we have a few candid's above as well.
I wonder how many years of celebrations we will go with our kids not posing the same in any picture? One Grace smiles and one Atticus smiles, but out of about 20 pictures I tried, neither smiled together!
Grace loves to be tickled and she loves her Daddy!
Dinner turned out delicious! Dad's first smoker cookout was a success! The chicken that was not stuffed was preferred vs. the stuffed chicken, but both were great! We had baked beans, smoked corn on the cob, pimiento cheese and celery, potato salad, and delicious mini cherry cheesecakes and fruit trifle for dessert and of course some watermelon! After we were stuffed, we sat on the porch to watch the fireworks. They lasted about 30 or 40 minutes and were spectacular! Grace didn't love them, but Atticus did. The cutest thing he said, when they began was "Yook Mawshall! Yook at the fiah-wooks!" It was a really fun 4th of July!
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