4th of July

Friday BBQ and Photo Shoot
We kicked off our 4th of July Holiday with a fun photo shoot with Aunt Steff followed by a BBQ and swim party with Aunt Steff and Uncle Bryan. You can see some of the pictures from our photo shoot here! The pictures turned out so awesome! BBQing and swimming were soo much fun!! We had a blast! Owen got to wear his Baby’s First 4th outfit complete with swim trunks! Too cute!
Video of Owen swimming
Owen went for his first official swim that day! Here is a video clip when he first got in the water!!

I tried several times to load a video that showed him kicking and enjoying the water...but after 3 attempts that took a grand total of an hour, I gave up! The video isn't meant to be loaded! Here are some pics instead!





Watching the Fireworks
Friday night Alton put on their annual fireworks display. While the display left a little to be desired, something about the tradition, made it fun anyway! Plus it was Owen’s first fireworks. He loved them! We met up with Grandpa Mike, Grandma Stacey, Uncle Jonnie, Aunt April, Uncle Paul and Aunt Jackie and Aunt Casey. Grandpa Mike sang a fun son to Owen about sitting and watching the fireworks with Grandpa Mike. He thought it was amusing. Uncle Jonnie wasn’t as impressed! Grandma Stacey made us yummy sandwiches and brought chips and we had a fun picnic on the levy waiting for the show to begin!!



BBQing at Grandma PJ’s and Pawpaw Davey’s
Saturday on the actual 4th of July we enjoyed a very lazy and rainy morning around the house. We prepared some fun summer food for our afternoon BBQ. Much the opposite of our normal routine, we were finished with everything early. Owen and I took an hour long nap and Jer enjoyed some quiet time. We headed over to Grandma PJ’a and Pawpaw’s house in the late afternoon. The house was all decked out and festive and the weather held out just long enough for Pawpaw to BBQ up some delicious hot dogs and brauts. We had a feast! Owen got to spend some great family time with Uncle Josh, Aunt Katie, Great-Grandma and Great Pap Flory and of course Grandma PJ and Pawpaw Dave!

What a fun way for our family to celebrate our nation’s birthday! Here’s to yummy food, a fun festive reason to celebrate and having amazing and wonderful family to celebrate it with!!