We finally got to celebrate Independence Day with family this year! :) For the past four years, we've been spending the fourth of July in Virginia so we were VERY excited to be back in the NW!! We started the day off by meeting my Mom in downtown Portland to get the kids some books followed by some lunch. After the kids had a much needed nap, we drove up to Vancouver Washington to my sister and brother-in-law's house and spent the evening with them having a bbq and watching the kids have fun with each other. As we have found out since arriving in town, no occasion with the cousins together is complete without some T-R-O-U-B-L-E! Andrew and Owen were found in the bathroom dumping toilet water on themselves! HA! Funny boys! When the sun started to set, we went out front and lit up some fireworks. After they had their fill of pop-its and sparklers, John and my brother-in-law took the kids around the corner to a blocked off street and watched a HUGE display of fireworks. Washington fireworks are a lot different than the ones we've been used to seeing in Virginia and Oregon. They don't have to stay on the ground so it was very exciting for the kids! I'm so glad they had fun too - it's so nice to see them play with their cousins (also known as their friends!) :) Wish we lived closer!
Happy 4th! :)
Our family!
John, Step Dad and Brother-in-law
Cousins & friends
Goofy boys!
YUMMY deseret my sister and her neighbor made
Waiting for the FUN to begin!
Poor little Andrew was scared of some of the LOUD neighboring fireworks :(
Andrew LOVED the sparklers! His first year giving them a try.
My sister and her family - minus my 9 month old nephew who was napping
but here he is from earlier....so cute!!
Brother-in-law helping the kids with a new batch of sparklers
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