4th of July

We had our annual 4th of July celebration at my sisters house,

Her Husband Mike does a great job at the grilling and....

stocking up on fireworks. Jenny makes

great salads and festive treats as well as

dressing the girls in festive little outfits.

I brought a few decorations &

balloons for the girls.

Nora LOVES Reece's beard. She kisses it and strokes it every time

she sees him. She says she loves how it tickles.

Cute Evy is wearing the dress Nora was wearing two yeas ago....

Im totally that Aunt that thinks her nieces and nephews are growing

up too fast. I was trying to recreate the picture of Nora running

in the grass with the flags but Evy wanted to do her own thing.

Then we all got in our seats to view the fireworks. Grandpop always

has at least one little tike climbing all over him, Im sure he wouldnt want

it any other way. He loves to spoil his grandchildren.

The sunset that evening was beautiful.

I brought some rainbow kaleidoscope glasses for everyone to wear

while watching the fireworks. They really made the sparkling light

look so cool.

The glasses where too big for Evy to keep on her face so she went

and got her sunglasses so she could still wear some sort of glasses

and not be left out. So cute. I also gave the little girls glow sticks so

they would be less tempted to go out and touch the fireworks (cause

they really wanted to touch those things) I worked a little bit.

Evy started playing her glow sick like a flute humming tunes. Guess

she decided the show needed a soundtrack.

Sparklers are always my favorite part.

During the night I was baking the layers for this special cake I

saw made on TV. I got a little bit of help from everyone when

putting it together. I needed to cut the red layers a little more

evenly, but It wasnt bad for my first time trying this technique.

the pieces still resembled a flag.... a little bit.

But at least it tasted good. I love holidays when I get to have this

much fun with my family.