4th of July Weekend...

We headed over on Thursday July 2nd since we didn't have to work on Friday. Thursday night was a nice night for a lil boating. Aren't they cute?

Row, row, row your boat gently around the lake...

or a golf cart ride...

Sammy absolutely love riding in the golf cart. There is a lil basket on the back that the kids put him in and he would sit there the entire ride.
The trampoline was a HUGE hit this weekend.
Kyle doing a flip...

Brody doing his flip...
Zachary flipping...

AND...

Randy had been bragging that he could still do a backwards flip...and he was right!

Tho it's not something he probably doesn't wants to do all the time.

Even Mary braved getting on...I mean being brave by getting on with her son....but that didn't last long.

But I give her credit...She's a BRAVE gal.
Cooking fun!
Breakfast anyone? We got this in right before it began to rain for about 4 hours.

So I told Mary about this Fabulous book that I purchase a month or so ago titled "In His Faithfulness's, He Afflicted Me" that I happened to finally get started reading two days earlier and so she began and didn't put it down until she was done.

This book is a true story written by a fellow blogger named Lynnette Kraft...over at

Dancing Barefoot on Weathered Ground. Check her site out. Its AMAZING. You too can purchase her book by clicking on her website.Malissa and Brody had a lot of fun. Playing here they are pretending that Brody is a bad guy and has to be taken to jail. It was so funny to watch them...
Despite the rain that began the Fourth of July celebration, the weather cleared off enough to have friends join us for a rib eye BBQ picnic.

We are proud to show our patriotism by flying our National flag.

What a beautiful picture. Or so I think. :)

Malissa doing a lil fishin' on this holiday.

We let the "Older" kids shoot off the display.

Sparklers are so fun...

Randy giving his hand a try at writing his name with the sparkler like he did when he was lil younger.

After the fireworks were finished it is time to make "SMORES"

Sunday was just absolutely perfect...So out on the lake we headed. Taking the kids tubing.

Boat rides are so fun. But I stayed on the deck with my Dad, since we don't have the steps done was a little difficult getting down to the dock. But I think he enjoyed just watching.

So I asked him if he wanted a golf cart ride instead. He was all for that. At 80 years old was his first ride given to him by Malissa. Down the road to check out the other lots that where sold.

Zach blowing up a tube.

Kids having fun trying to dump Kyle off.Perfect way to end the weekend...

And it just isn't the Fourth of July with out WATERMELON!