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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Our Fourth of July - Part one

We spent our fourth up at my parents with my whole family again. The girls loved the chance to be at grandpa and grandma's again and loved the chance to play nonstop with cousins.

First morning there we had to wait for the rest of the family to arrive. So Ryan put the girls (and Sophie and Cole) to work.
Ava, Sophie & Cole
Kate had to make sure we had enough soap. Entire container? Check.

C'mon - this cute of a face & you won't care how your car looks when she's done!
Just trying to make an efficient use of soap
Then the traditional water slide down the back hill came out.

Ava loved it pretty immediately.
The boys having fun
Kate shocked me and LOVED it too.
Olivia pretty quickly planted herself at the bottom with the bubbles.
Action shot
We "helped" Olivia down one time thinking she would like it this time (she's usually our more adventurous one).

Peek closely at her face. That should answer any questions.
These 4 were so fun to watch all weekend.

Wonder what they're doing?
They sat here for probably close to 30 minutes . .. looking at clothes online.
love these girls
We had a birthday party for all the summer birthdays.

My grandma turned 91
My almost 4 yr old (gulp) and her Tinkerbell cake.
The three birthday girls
My sisters and grandma
Kate and Olivia?
They were busy enjoying their cake and ice cream
Ava with her presents
Checking things out
New Coloring books!!
Sunday night, I surprised my nieces and nephews with a little "craft" project. Ryan's cousin had introduced us to "tie-dye nails." After googling it and watching a tutorial, I bought everything, waited for the twins to go to bed and went to work.

It's quite the process but the end results are pretty neat. It made a fun way to incorporate red,white and blue.

Ava's hands before we cleaned them up.
I knew it was kind of "cool" when even my nephews got into it.

Yes, they'll love when I bring that up to their fiance someday. : )
Ava and Mommy and the final product!

If I look tired, I was. By the time we got all done, hours had passed and I think I'd forgotten what clean air was between nail polish and nail polish remover.
The finished results were pretty neat though. Then it was on to the 4th . . .

4 comments:

Mindy said...

Is Ava washing the van in a princess outfit?!?! SO funny! That girl makes me smile. :)

Amber said...

But of course!! : )

mom Bahr said...

Makes me lonesome for everyone!! Thanks for sharing the precious memories - the kids are all growing up so fast. The water slide is on for next year...or next week if everyone comes back!! love & hugs, mom

Unknown said...

my kids are back...next week!!! xoxo