Parade

We went to my cousins house to watch the parade again this year. It poured down rain the whole time we were driving there, then it seemed like the sun might take over about a half an hour before the parade. Just as it started, though, the storm let loose! So, the parade was mostly firetrucks, but the kids had fun. Sarah tried to hold all of her candy when she picked it up, she screamed if I put it in a bag for her. Cody picked up a bunch of tootsie rolls then spent the rest of the time on the porch eating them. Sarah and my cousins boy Sam were playing ring around the rosie. It was so cute that they wanted to keep holding hands!

Cousins

Last weekend, the girls came to stay at Grandma's house for the weekend, so we went up to hang out with them. We went to a couple different parks, and I had the kids go to the flowers so I could get some pics. Of course they didn't want to sit all together for a picture, but we had fun. They all loved running through the tunnel the most.

Sarah kept pointing at the flowers and saying "pretty". She is growing up so fast!

What a bunch of monkeys

Dana was a little diva. She loved posing for pictures, even if nobody would pose with her.

It's nice to have family to help you out!

New experiences..

Some new experiences are good, some not so good..... We have had such nice weather the last few weeks that we have been driving around with our sunroof open. The kids, especially Sarah, think it is wonderful. She waves her hands in the air the whole time! And, because the weather has been nice, we have been outside a lot and Cody got his very first bee sting. Of course, it was right on his cheek and his eye almost swelled shut. Poor guy!

4th fun

We had a lot of fun celebrating the 4th all weekend. Can you tell that I have been taking the new Jessica Sprague class for framing and embellishing photos? Anyway, a friend of ours came over on his new motorcycle and Sarah loved it! Of course, both of my kids love anything that has a motor.

Sarah was posing inside Mike's new cooler in her 4th garb while we were getting ready to go watch fireworks.

Cody and Sarah had a blast at the picnic. They both enjoyed riding in the tire swing.

Cody's favorite part was the gator ride, but being allowed to drink a pepsi probably came in a pretty close second!

On Sunday, we went to Mainstreet for lunch after church and the kids had fun strolling down by the river. Cody loves to give Sarah hugs and kisses, so much so that she screams. I hope they always love each other.

After lunch, we went fishing at a friend's pond. We went there because the fishing is good, so we thought the kids might not get bored as quickly. Cody caught a little fish on his first cast, and then a few more and then he was pretty much done. Sarah got to reel one in with daddy, then she was done too. Oh well!