Our Fourth of July was fun, fun! First we went to the ward breakfast and ate and played for a while. There were tons of people there, but lots of food to go around.
Abby is getting braver on the slides. She didn't hesitate to go down the slide by herself, which is a feat for her.
Tyler and Mikalya had fun on the teeter-totter. I haven't seen one of those in forever! Brian and I tried to play on one, but it was too low to the ground.
After the ward party we hung out at Lake Levon and jet skiied. The lake was so full most of the picnic tables were under water. Here's Abby in her cute swim suit and wacky hat Grandma Fowkes gave her.
The grass was so tall, Dad brought the weed eater and wacked away a place to put the tent. Abby couldn't keep her balance in the grass closer to the water, so she got down on all fours and crawled through it. She looked like a little cat on the prowl. I wish I had taken a picture of that!
We ended the lake trip early due to big scary storm clouds that ended up being nothing. The day turned out to be beautiful. This is a shot of Mom and Dad McMurdie's back yard after the rain. So pretty. After the kids took naps, all of us went to their house and we cooked out and swam.
For some reason Abby is afraid of the pool now. Last year she loved it, but this year, not so much. She'll get over it soon... I hope.
Afterwards we all gathered around to play on the Wii. This is Eric and Carrie in a serious boxing match. I don't think I've laughed that hard in a while. (for a hilarious video, go to the McMurdie blog.) Brian and I are anti-video games, but we both had fun playing on it.
We all put our kids to bed at the McMurdie house and went to the Garland fireworks show. It was MADNESS. It was held at the Firewheel mall off of George Bush, and everyone and their dogs were parked along the sides of the roads, in the medians, everywhere. And there were cops trying to get everyone to move but they couldn't compete with the hoards of people. After being asked to move two times by cops, we finally found an acceptable place and watched a pretty good fireworks show. I don't think it was worth all the hassle, but fun nonetheless.
3 comments:
Hello?? Can we fix the picture links please? We want to see more! Sounds like you guys had a great time. I could only spend about 20 minutes outside watching everyone shoot off fireworks because of the monsterous mosquitos. I have a huge bite on my BACK where one bit through my shirt! Be glad you didn't have to experience any of that!
Last year Corgan was scared to death of the water and this year he can't get enough of it... I think it's a phase. She'll have a blast next year.
Yay, looks like you had a fun 4th. Isn't the Wii so cool?!!!
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