4th of July

We had a fun 4th of July. We went to the Parade in the morning. For the first part of the Parade the kids didn't like it too much because we were behind a bunch of people and they couldn't see much going on and any loud noises or gunshots scared them, but once we got closer it got better.


Whit loved these little cars...




I love this Girl!

After the Parade we went to our ward pool party & bbq. It was nice to get to know more of the students in the ward and make some new friends.
Of course a bbq is always a good excuse to make a frog eye salad:)




After the bbq we got to go home and enjoy naptime so we could go out for fireworks. We got there early so we could play at the park for a while before the fireworks started. We met up with some friends, the kids had fun playing and they were so excited to watch the fireworks until they started...



You can't really tell in this picture but they were both crying hysterically, and just kept saying "I wanna go home!" We packed up and walked back to the van. By the time we were in the van they were fine and wanted to watch the fireworks from inside. They really don't like loud noise (unless they are the ones making it!). It was a fun day and it was nice to have Jake home from school.
*The rest of the week the kids kept asking when we were going to go see some more fireworks, Whit convinced himself he wouldn't be scared this time. Maybe next year will be better, I just need to remember to bring some earplugs.

Last Goodbyes

We enjoyed our last day at the park with all the girls and kids.

Our last "Scraps" (which is the girls night of visiting and eating lots of yummy treats!) the girls put together a fun night.  They made a DVD with pictures of everyone that was moving, made "yearbooks" for everyone to write little messages, we voted and got "most likely" awards.  Thanks for such a fun night girls.

For Graduation my friend Mandi watched the kids and they had so much fun playing with their friend Linc.  Thanks Mandi!

On our last night in Virginia after we had our moving cubes all loaded up and ready to go we went out to dinner at Panera Bread then got home to our sad empty house but were excited to have some friends outside saying Goodbye.  We stayed out way past the kids bedtime but they loved running around and giving lots of hugs in the dark. 

Sara, Mandi, and Me

Samantha, Teegan, Whit and Lincoln

It was so nice to get to visit one last night togther!