First week of July

This week I began to slack on pictures a bit but we cashed in on summer reading prizes and got the Papa Murphy's pizza kits for the kids. They got to concoct those and we made tshirts for the 4th of July. They turned out so cute!

We did sand art, which was a blast. They did a great job and had some really pretty creations....until they had the bejeezus shaken out of them. Apparently that is just too much to resist. There was most likely more make up application involved. We cashed in on ice cream cones from Sonic as well. Lots of outdoors time at home that week.

This was hilarious. These three thought they were so big hanging out in the truck with their windows down. A few questions I had pertaining to this situation, why oh why was Tanner the chosen driver? Um safety is not a concern for him. And do they realize this will be the vehicle they will get when they are of driving age? So be nice to it! 

And of course the 4th of July.  We kicked off our day with Baylee riding with her Dance team in the Sullivan Parade. It was a scorcher but it was fun for her to do. Lilli thought the cannon that is on the town square was quite intriguing. This would be the first year we have gone for our own celebration instead of heading to the chaos of the airport and RK hangar. It was actually quite nice to be able to stay home. The boys put on quite the fireworks show and of course the ladies presented quite the delicious spread with festive shirts and activities for the littles. Lilli was excited we had 4 different festive desserts and definitely needed to try them all. I should add we were blessed with a beautiful sunset. I know there are so many pictures of the kids with sparklers but they were cackling and having loads of fun and I just loved all of the pictures for different reasons. We were two very worn out parents by the time we shut her down but such great memories were made.

We ended the week with a trip to the lake for some fun in the sun. We took a lunch of course. Anyone who has spent time swimming knows you always get so hungry being out there. They all loved the water and the sand.