Happy Fourth of July

I hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July!!

You can find both of their 4th of July outfits here.

And because I love a good comparison. Here are the last 5 years of 4th of July pictures along with this year! Look how little they were just a few short years ago!!

4th of July 2018

I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July, I know we sure did. Minus the heat, it was a great day filled with great food, family, friends and fireworks!!

We had a huge pool party with close to 80 people. It was a blast! Everyone brought an appetizer/dessert. We ate and swam all afternoon and then when it started to get dark, we had a huge amount of fireworks for the kids (and the big kids, ha!) It was such a fun day!

I took a few pictures of our decorations before the party really got started and then a few once we started the fireworks. I had intended to get a picture of the pool all full of people, but I totally forgot. Boo! 



Fourth of July 2017

I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July. We had a great day with several of our friends and family. Jake and I threw a big pool party in our back yard and ended the day with a little fireworks show that evening. Everyone had a great time. I barely took any pictures but here are a few that I got. :-)

I took this a few days before the fourth because I knew getting a picture of these two that day would be nearly impossible with all the chaos of getting ready for the party. I'm so glad I did.



I also took a few pictures of the decorations around the pool and patio when I took the kids pictures and I'm so glad I did because I didn't take any the day of the party.

I did get one picture of the pool full of people yesterday!

And I took a few of the fireworks with my phone.

All in all it was a great party and a great 4th of July!

Five on Friday: 4th of July Edition

 

 

Happy Friday!

Today I'm linking up with Christina, April and Natasha for Five on Friday!

 

 

We had a wonderful 4th of July, despite the fact that it rained ALL WEEKEND LONG!! We made the best of it and thankfully, the rain stopped long enough for us to enjoy the evenings. Sunday we spent the evening with friends at the Stanfields house. We had lots of yummy food, fireworks and time spent with friends. It was a lot of fun.

 Then Monday, we went to another friends' house for their second annual 4th of July party! They live right down the street from where their city does their fireworks display, so it's just a quick walk and you're there. We went last year and had so much fun and had just as much fun again this year. The rain stopped just in time for the party and stayed dry the rest of the night with just a few sprinkles during the fireworks. Both kids loved the fireworks again this year!

For the 4th of July party, our friends supplied the meat and soda and we each brought a side or dessert. My mom found this super cute and yummy recipe on facebook. It's a taco dip. The bottom layer was re-fried beans, then a layer of salsa, followed by a layer of shredded cheese and then the top layer was sour cream. Then for the flag you use black olives, cherry tomatoes and then Tostito Rolls. It was super easy and a crowd-pleaser for sure. :-)

We finally got our flag pole hung, just in time to hang our new flag for the 4th of July!

 

  And since the rest of this post has been about the 4th of July, I'll share these super cute pictures I took of my nephews for the 4th.

 

I hope you all had a wonderful Fourth of July!