4th of July '13

Well, July has begun! I knew going into the month that we would be diving in head first to a very busy month. We have a lot coming up for our family and I'll do my best to keep up with the blog so I don't get too far behind. 

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We kicked off the month with the 4th of July. Jonathan started his day at 8 am by meeting my dad at the dock to do some fishing. Pops recently joined a boat club and has access to several great fishing boats. They spent all morning and early afternoon out fishing. They caught a few fish, but threw them all back. Nothing was really worth keeping. 

The boys and I hung out at home and did some housework while Jonathan was fishing and headed over to GG & Papa's house around 2 for some family fun. We texted Jonathan and Pops when we got there and they drove from the lake back to the bay (where GG's house is). Derrill had a pool set up for the kids to play in and before I could get them changed into swimsuits they were drenched! I couldn't be upset, they were having so much fun!

Apparently floaties are needed in 1/2 foot of water!

Beginning our afternoon

Pops "parked" the boat at the end of the neighbor's pier and let us go out on a boat ride after the boys changed into their dry swimsuits. This was the boys' first time on a boat. 

Waving to the family on shore

Aaron was a little nervous and stayed close!

Loving the boat!

Watching Pops

Driving the boat! (Don't worry, we were anchored and he was pretending!)

 By the time we were back on shore, Thomas and his family were at GG's house and we were ready for lots of playing in the yard.

Snacking

Grandma and Hannah Joy

More water fun

Having a blast! Aaron LOVED the water and spent almost all afternoon in the pool. He was pretty mad when dumped out all the water later in the evening. 

Eli

GG & Papa

Thomas and Hannah Joy

Uncle Derrill sharing some ice cream with Aaron

I said, "act like you like each other" and this is what I got. I guess it's a cute picture : )

Chase & Katy

Playing football

Papa playing with the big boys

Aaron still eating ice cream. 

And still eating it!

 The beauty of spending the 4th of July at GG and Papa's house is their view of the fireworks. We can watch multiple fireworks shows from their backyard and the Kemah fireworks are super close.

There were two fly-overs before it got dark. This formation came first and a group of 3 bomers flew over later. The bombers literally went over our heads. 

Watching a movie as we got later into the evening and needed help keeping the boys occupied as we went past bed time. 

Aaron almost made it but fell asleep 3 minutes before the fireworks began. I kept his ears covered and he stayed asleep until we put him in the car to go home. 

 The fireworks show was spectacular! This was the first time Jonathan and I had seen fireworks live since Caleb was born. I'm so glad both boys are finally getting old enough to chance being out later! Caleb wasn't a fan of the loud booms, but loved watching the fireworks as long as his ears were covered.

The next morning the boys slept in later than usual and were super relaxed! We had plans around lunch time, but they were pretty chill until company came over.

He looks like a teenager to me in this picture! Just relaxing! 

This was my favorite 4th of July in quite some time. It was so nice to have the full afternoon with family and the weather was nice enough for us to be outside all afternoon and evening! I hope to have many more 4th of July's like this one in the future!