4th of July (on june 27th...)

we had a blast celebrating the 4th of july a week early this year. there's a HUGE celebration in my parents home town, so we went up and had a great time swimming, eating, and playing at the park where we had a really decent view of the fireworks (which only scared the girls for a few minutes).

just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming...

at the park, waiting for the fireworks to start there was plenty to do, dance, run around, play frisbee, etc... (rayna singing/clapping/dancing her favorite song "if you're happy and you know it") and did i mention they had fire trucks at the park? real ones! and afton got to climb in and sit behind the wheel of one! she was ecstatic!

and grandma got all the kids (we were there with our cousins and aunties) glow-in-the-dark necklaces... sooo cool

rayna was a little tired of waiting (the fireworks didn't start til 10pm!)

but in the end it was worth it, we were all pretty content to lie back and enjoy the show!thanks mom, for remembering your camera :) and for inviting us to share the day, we had a blast!