Fabulous Fourth!

The fourth is my favorite holiday of the year! I don't know what happened to the pictures - but they are here, even if they are tiny! This is our newest tradition - the first annual CAT (cancer awareness and treatment) walk. It is actually the 9th year that everyone else has done it. We have seen it go by every year, saying "we should do that!" This year, we remembered ahead of time. It was a blast!!!! SOME members of our team were a bit lazy and expected to be pushed - not that I am mentioning any names W, B, and R!!!!! But, that just makes for better exercise for Mommy!Afterwards, it was our very first parade. W cuddled with Great Gram, until he realized, "hey, they are throwing CANDY!!!" Great Gram says she didn't see him the rest of the time! LOL

B was having a ball from the second the police officers showed up on their "oom oom" (translation, motorcycles) to do the flag ceremony!!! That boy didn't stop moving the entire parade!R sat on my lap most of the time, but here, transferred to Nonny while I was busy. She is not a noise, people person, so didn't enjoy it that much. Mommy LOVED the cuddles, though!

Next was a big family barbecue at Grandma's house. She had gotten out a bunch of cool toys, and everyone fed them fruit and ice cream. I had three very happy babies!

And our very first fireworks!!!! Dadddy did the honors of lighting them. They weren't too sure about the big ones - but sparklers were a hit!!!! W watched his very intently!
This is the look I tried to get all day; B is saying "OH, COOOOHHHH!" (translation Oh, Cool!) He said that quite often during the day! Too, too cute!

Once again, little miss wasn't too thrilled with the noise of the fireworks. And she was very concerned that the sparklers she was holding were on fire!!!! However, towards the end, she concentrated more on the fun, then the noise, and started to have a smile! What a wonderful day!

Here are the kiddos watching Daddy light off the big ones. Not sure why this pic is bigger!!! There have been a few fireworks around here lately that the kids have been on the sidelines for! Daddy came through his knee surgery very well. He gets to go back to work next week, and both he and Mommy are thrilled. His cabin fever is driving the whole family nutso!!! LOL Also, Mommy got a job!!!!! Thank you all who prayed. It is full time, which is not what we really were prepared for, but this is what the Lord gave us. So, we are going into it knowing He has a reason. Prayers for Mommy's sanity would be appreciated, now!!!! I have two weeks before it starts, and have already written the list of what needs to be accomplished between then and now.....so, enough playing. There's work to be done!