Best 4th of July Ever!

 We celebrated the 4th of July at my Parents house.  It was the best 4th of July I can remember!  Thanks Mom and Dad for hosting, for the memories, and for not killing me for the burn marks on your sidewalk!

4th of July Shirts!  I was so proud of the Hello Kitty one and the Awesome Spiderman one!  Jax is wearing the shirt I bought for Zach on his first 4th of July.  And yes, we are the hoosier parents who let their son run around without pants.  It was 109 that day.  Can you blame us?

4th fun!  I LOVED being able to snuggle Jax while the kids did smoke bombs, rode bikes and watched toothpaste explode.  Dad made awesome Pork Steaks for us!

Zach was pretending to "fart" the smoke gas and he stepped on a smoke bomb.  Yes, mother of the year didn't have him in shoes. . .really, who gets hurt from smoke bombs, right?  (hanging my head in shame)

The kids LOVED those snap things.  They kept trying to get me to squeeze them to make it pop and I was too scared!  Mike kept throwing them at me and I would scream like a girl!  Oh well :)

It was awesome to see Jax enjoy this 4th!!

She still hasn't figured it out.  We keep practicing though.

My beloved boy!

Yes, I snapped pictures as he fell.  I'm that kind of mom.  Ps he was fine!

There is nothing like the first sparkler of the night.  It wasn't dark enough yet but Lorén just couldn't wait any more!

Our parents neighbors invited us for a late-night swim to cool off before the real festivities began.  There was no suit for Lorén but she was able to rock out some styl'n boys clothes to swim in.  She is such a huge help to us!  She wrangled Jax so we could get him changed.  As you can see, he was thrilled.

Nothing like swimming in the dark! 

Happy 4th of July all!