July 4, 2012

 Our July 4th started with water and ended with water

 1st stop was at the Bailey's house to try out their new pool!

 then we headed home for a July 4th cookout at our house

 Ayden was so excited to see what grew in the garden!!!!

 Joey and his dad took care of the hotdogs and hamburgers

 and all the ladies took care of the rest

 We got fresh corn from the Bailey's garden

 Wesley remembered the watermelon! Good job Wesley

 Sebastian is almost a year old!!!!

 Our new dog Twister enjoyed meeting all his new "family members"

 The kids took a short break from the pool to eat dinner

 Then it was right back to the pool!

The cookout was a lot of fun and the kids were completely wore out

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 A few days later we headed to the beach!

 We actually got to see a few fireworks

 Bethany loved having cousin Brylee there

 Saturday morning Ayden decided to tryout for the "Anaconda Club"

 It involves standing on the tall post

 and diving in "blind" 

 and he did it!!!!!

 Ayden now joins his father, and his father's father in the club

 Bethany stayed safe in the kiddie pool

 Brock is still scared of the canal so he stayed on land

 a little later that day the rest of the cousins arrived!

 Joey and his dad picked up a new toy.... a crab pot

 Brock decided to try riding without training wheels....

 he still has a little bit of practice

  We all headed to the beach 

 and the pictures speak for themselves how much fun the kids had

 Showers, dinner and ......

 sleep!

 but not for everyone :)

 it took the rest of the crowd another couple hours until they were finally out

 The next morning, Sunday, it was time to head home

 but we had to check the crab pot first

 and we caught something! actually the nice ham bone caught something :)

After we let got the blue crabs sleeping on ice we headed back in for breakfast,

 Uncle Tony and Joey enjoyed looking at the rocks over breakfast

 while Brock sang praises his breakfast was so good

 Then we cleaned up, got a few family shots for mom and headed out :(

 

 

  

 

 When we got to the bridge it was turning so we made a be line to the Park and enjoyed some playtime while we waited for it to turn back

  

It was a great July 4th and we look forward to next year!