4th of July

We had a GREAT 4th of July. We spent most of the morning doing our chores and then headed to Livermore for swimming and a BBQ. Kevin's Uncle Ron and Aunt Joc have a great pool and hosted the Andrus clan for a great BBQ. The girls were in the pool from about 2-8 pm with a break only to watch Tangled. They were having SO much fun. The only reason we did leave was we knew Tilly would crash any minute. She fell asleep on the car ride home and didn't even flinch when we put her to bed and she slept through all the fireworks.

Our court had a little get together and we arrived just before the fireworks began. When I was a child the neighbors gathered at the end of the cul-de-sac to light fireworks. Since they are (and have been for a long time) illegal, the cops usually arrive. But this time they didn't. We decided the girls were old enough to actually enjoy the night, so we let them stay up. Chloe was up past 11pm! She was fascinated with all of them.

We got the girls sparlers and they ran around the yard with the neighbor girl, Savannah, screaming, hooping and hollering, and yelling happy birthday America. It was so cute.

The girls were so cute together. They were running around the street, holding hands, watching the fireworks, and just playing. It reminded me of being that age and I was so happy they were enjoying this. Charlie may not remember this, but I think Chloe will.

He is totally posing for this ;)