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~~my last 2 weeks of phone pics~~

We watched fireworks.

Carter found Grace's old Elmo slippers and wanted them on!

Both of my children are a little OCD.  Carter puts his paci and puppy on the stools EVERY time he eats.

We went to the Wilhite Farm for the Fourth.

Even our pancakes were patriotic.

We bought fireworks from a road side stand.

Grace picked out these egg laying hens.

Carter found a rocket!

My favorite little firecracker!

We ate lunch at Borroum's.

It was delicious!

It was fun!

Carter conked out after church.

We spent Sunday afternoon/night at Mawmaw and Pawpaw's with a bunch of family.  Pawpaw and the kids were looking through toy catalogs (circa 1994) and making their Christmas lists.  They like to be prepared.  HA!

The weather has been pretty cool (which is WAY abnormal for July) and we played outside and went on a walk.

Carter ate some pudding.

Carter wore some pudding.

The kids played with "their dog" who lives on the other side of the fence.

We were attacked my giant man eating koi! (more on that later!)

Steph and I celebrated our moms' birthdays with a girls night out.  We ate at Swanky's.

Then, we painted.

I plan on having a fun weekend and hope you do too!

The Fourth on the Farm

Well, we celebrated the Fourth back on the farm with Kenny, Beth, and Lily.

The girls got to playing immediately!  Why are they already acting like teenagers?  I mean seriously, look at them.  Laying on the bed playing with an iPhone.  When I came in to take this picture, Grace was like, "Mom!" and Lily rolled her eyes.  

Ok, this is much better!  Not exactly sure what they are dressed up as or what they are about to do with those guns, but I can handle this better than the-13-year-old-girly-attitude from earlier.

After a "quick" run to the grocery store,  we had an afternoon swim!  Carter can now just chill out in the pool in his floaties. (Grace was still in a baby float at this age.)

And, Grace has decided that she can swim with her face in the water!  This is HUGE!  She has always hated water in her eyes.  I'm not sure what made her try this out, but I'm glad she is getting braver!

Lily is a cutie!

We had patriotic pancakes for breakfast on the 4th!

We swam.

We jumped.

We kissed.

We built towers.

We jumped some more.

What was that?  Did you just see Grace jumping in the pool?  Oh my!  I'm not sure I recognize that girl.  First, swimming with her face in the water and now jumping in!  I'm very confused!

After yummy hamburgers and homemade fries, we had some rice krispy treat sparklers.

Carter went to bed because he was EXHAUSTED and we had our very own fireworks show...from the farm truck tailgate.

John provided us with the grand finale..."Dirty Dancing in the Sky!"  I don't know how "dirty" it was, but there was some dancing in the sky and it was the perfect ending!

The next morning, we did a little shopping in Smalltown, USA.  We went back to Borroum's Drug Store and ate one of the best burgers ever.  The kids sat up at the counter to wait for their milkshakes...

...and they were super excited about it!

Love this cutie!

We had another wonderful time!  What a great way to celebrate our country's birthday!

fiReWoRKs

Hello, July!  Summer is definitely in full swing and HOT!!!  We welcomed July in with fireworks!

We found our regular spot, unloaded (why do we always need so much stuff?), and John and the kids began playing soccer.

Grace took a break to hang out with me for a few minutes.

Mimi and Poppa showed up a little later.  Carter loves his Poppa!

And Grace loves her Mimi!

It was getting dark and we were ready for the fireworks to begin.

Grace started giggling uncontrollably as soon as the first firework hit the sky!

Carter was a little unsure...we were super close!  You could feel the bangs!

But, he finally started enjoying the show.

It was a great night!