Fabulous Fourth of July

 This year the Fourth of July fell smack dab in the middle of the week. The kids and I drove up to the lake on Tuesday so we could enjoy the lake since it was so HOT! We had a little pop up shower in the morning but that blew off and it was roasting for the rest of the time we were there. The sun cooked us all day long. The best place to be was...in the water.

 We put all the floaty devices to good work. We spent much of our time on the boat and floating in the water. Christian surprised us with his boldness and decided he would join Carter and Elle in jumping, diving and frollicking into the water off the back of the boat. He proceeded to strip off his life jacket and start jumping and swimming ALL.BY.HIMSELF! What a big guy. All those swimming lessons paid off! Wow!

 Racing to the boat. We spent all our time in the water that we didn't get as fancy this year with all our decorations and "festive foods". I attempted to make cookies for the kids to decorate and for some reason (I prefer to think the heat had something to do with it) my cookie batter had a mind of its own! So no cookies this year. But we had sparklers......and

 .........SMORES....&

 a full moon & beautiful fireworks

 Scott has been enjoying lots of solom skiing this summer! The boys are watching and getting pointers!~

 THis was our version of the "4th of July Photo Booth"

 Mom and Carter-Dude

 What a goofy kid!

 What a tough guy

 Noodle fight

 Having fun in the green tubes

The 4th continues to be a favorite holiday for us. We spend it with family and friends (we miss Uncle Evan and Heather terribly) at one of our favorite places on earth...THE LAKE!