Independence DAY!

What a great day! We had so many places to go and people to see. We want to thank everyone for the invitations sent our way. We had a great time, and hope to do it again next year.

Jay and Tyler looking their best on the 4th. Tyler got his flag shirt last year in 2007. The year Mark and Angie fell in love with their son. It was a very emotional time for them, remembering the 4th last year. They were in Guatemala with him.

Sis and Ron had the family over for a wonderful brunch. They had everything you could imagine, and more. It was delicious. Mimosas, country ham and dark chocolate were my favorites. We said the Pledge and Dusitn read the Preamble. Everyone else was supposed to chime in, but "We the People" was about all any of us could pull from the back of our memory. I loved seeing Ty;er and Jay with their hand's over their heart's. A great family time.

At our 2nd location, Jay took quite a while to warm up to all his friends, and unfortunately we couldn't stay long. We did really enjoy ourselves and can't wait to hang out again. I tried a new appetizer food, made by Dena- (it had cream cheese) so you all know I couldn't get enough. We will miss Greg and Melissa, I can't wait to see your blog! I love the time we get to spend with our friends, thanks for the invite!

The Last stop of the day.

Jay and Ava always seem to hit it off so well. They make a great pair. Jay loved driving his woman of the evening around in a lavender Princess car. He knows how to drive well, and makes sure and shows his driving skills off. Later in the evening, Abagail, decided he was an all right guy and let Jay take her for a few rides too...

What a great job, Scott did getting a few shots. While us women were sitting around gossiping, the guys took all the kids down the road to check out Mike's rabbits. A whirl of kids came running back telling us all about the wittle black one that got away. Shortly after, the men came strolling in with a similar story- a black one ran away and went into the woods.

Here is the most exciting mess ever! Snakes! We had 12 boxes, labeled black, neon and colored. Well- they were all black, but how exciting to watch a smelly snake grow from just lighting a little pill on fire. These are a great memory of mine, always done in an old metal trash can lid.

This is the sparklers and fireworks we did with all the kidddos at the last stop of the night. Jay was a big ol Baby! He was so scared of everything, but the pops and snakes. All the little girls half his size were running around wanting MORE! Jay wanted to go the other way.