Happy 4th of July!!!

We hope everyone is having a great 4th of July! We are having some quality family time - but doing it inside the house since it's been raining since we woke up - without stopping. And it's a high of 68 degrees. We might head towards downtown later tonight if it clears up - not to sit on the wet ground near the river, but maybe just drive to the casino parking lot or somewhere near there where we can still see the Methodist Red, White and Boom show without having to fight the crowds and weather. We can just sit on the tailgate of the van :) I have such fun memories of the 4th of July when I was growing up.....the Bay City fireworks are awesome! We would take the boat on the river to watch them from the best seats in the house. We would tie up our boat with Grandma & Grandpa's and have tons of food, drinks, and fun in the sun! I realize now how stressful it probably was for mom and dad; trying to anchor along with thousands of other boats, then manuvering the way back to the harbor after the show with all of the other boats...but they did it. They made sure that we had fun and made memories! Or when we all went to Harrisville and had a great day of fishing, fun times at the dock and just an all around fun family weekend. Love and miss you so much Mom & Dad, Mike, Ry and Manda :( The memories that I cherish so much make me want to create family traditions and fun memories for our kids - but unfortunately the weather is not cooperating this year....maybe next year!

Here are a few pictures from last night and today - enjoy!




We bought a cake to bake for the 4th - the original plan was a flag cake, but then I realized that "fireworks" might be easier with Justin helping me!!! :)











The finished fireworks cake. Ignore my son with a dirty mouth, shirt, etc - it's a stay in the house and not care day!!!!













Last night we went to Evan & Sandy's for a bonfire - here's daddy and Justin. Not a perfect picture but the flash was too blinding and they didn't want me to try again!!!














Self portrait....I love him so much!












Justin's mad photography skills - not bad for a 2 year old!















Justin "driving" Evan's lawn tractor











When we left the house, we ran to Jubilee Foods to get stuff for smores. Then we realized we forgot the child friendly bug spray so we went back home. When we pulled in the driveway I asked him "did you have fun?" and this was the response I got..... I didn't mean to make him cry - I was just kidding!!! He was happy when Rob grabbed the bug spray and we were back on the road :)





"But we didn't see Evan or Sandy or Katie or Josh"..........