Celebrating the 4th

Nate was home on the 4th & the girls and I stayed in town this year so we celebrated as a family for the second year in a row! We had a quiet morning at home. Morgan & I hit the grocery store to purchase the goods for what we were taking to share at the afternoon picnic. After an afternoon of working in the backyard (for me), we got cleaned up to head over to the neighbor's for a picnic. The girls went in matching Hello Kitty outfits. No complaints, not even from Shelby!

After the picnic, we walked with our friends up the street to the corner where they all watch the fireworks. We however, kept on walking to our friends the Bertas. They invite us to crash their party and watch the fireworks from their driveway. We have fun dropping in there because their guests are pretty much all parents of boys who played baseball for Nate in Jr. High & High School. I was pregnant with Shelby in the days most of them were playing so it is fun for them to see how the girls have grown. We usually only see the majority of them on the 4th of July. Unfortunately, the fireworks were not so good as a result of technical difficulties and a lengthy delay. Before we knew it, the time was 10:45 and we still had to walk home! We saw some nice fireworks going off in the neighborhood on our way back. Luckily, Tuesday is the only day we don't have anything scheduled for the morning. Nate did have to get up but the girls and I slept in until about 9.

There are so many cute things out there (especially for girls) to dress for the occasion. I had the Hello Kitty shirts for a month or so, but did come across a couple more inexpensive shirts for each of the girls that described them to a T, so I picked them up and they wore them on Sunday.

Shelby's shirt has fireworks going off over the top of the head of a girl wearing silver glitter star sunglasses. Under her face in case you can't read it says, "I'm a Star". The headband is full of silver glitter. Even after a few hair washings, she still has glitter stuck to her scalp!

Morgan's shirt is a monkey doing a dance with a couple of sparklers. Need I say more??

In previous years, I've had the girls at my parents and we'd see a small town parade and ride some rides. No parade or rides for us here, but a lazy summer day hanging out with friends!