Fabulous Fourth

Fourth of July is a close runner up to Christmas in our house. It helps living in a small town where they do things up right! It is all about traditions which are so fun to share with our kids each year and celebrate as a family. We start the day with Tim putting up all the flags in the front yard...and of course he has two little helpers but I assume it will be three next year.

Our day is filled with other traditions such as the parade, having some of our closest friends over for swimming and a bbq - this was the 4th year our two families have done the whole 4th of July get together. It is so neat to look back on all the pictures and see how the years have grown our two families. The first year it was three kids, Kennedy was our only, the next year Brooklyn joined to make four, then four again last year and this year we jumped to SIX, the two new baby boys! We are blessed to have them as family friends! The one tradition that was different this year was fireworks. In our old house fireworks were legal so all the neighbors and Tim would buy a bunch and we would have our very own fireworks show! That was different this year as they aren't legal in our new neighborhood but we were able to catch a few from our front yard from the fireworks show in the center or town. The only nice thing is the kids slept soundly as there wasn't an artillery show going on in their front yard!

Here is a cute one of all the kids the morning of the 4th in their 4th of July pj's Papaw got them this year.