July 4th!!

Jared and the kids at my brother, Robert's house

"Happy Birthday, Honey"
Isabella on her 1st 4th of July
Every year since Lexi was little we try and go buy flag shirts at Old Navy to wear on the 4th of July, because we all have matching shirts we always try and get a family picture in them. Not only is it great to celebrate the 4th of July, but it is extra great because we also get to celebrate Jared's Birthday.

This year we celebrated Jared's Birthday early by going out to dinner at the Olive Garden the night before with friends. Then on the 4th we went over to my brother, Robert's house and had a BBQ with his family and my sister, Michelle's family. As you all know it was a hot day and even though they had AC, the kids spent most of the day out in the pool. Below is a picture of them having fun. Then we threw some water balloons with the kids and then got ready to watch the fireworks. Since my brother lives in Vancouver all we had to do was go out on his porch and watch the fireworks all around us and also the neighbors were putting on a small show in front of us. We also did some sparklers and pop it with the kids. We had a great day and especially enjoyed the weather for a nice fourth.
Lexi, Spence, Billy and Logan having fun in the pool
Jared, Lexi and Spence doing some sparklers (Lexi has smoke in her eye)