Happy 4th of July

I am behind and Lord! don't I know it. What else is new?!! Anyhow, the 4th of July was spent up in Seattle at my parents house. we were not having a huge party but by the way we decorated, you would've thought we were having a ton of people over. At one point during the day, Steve asked if this was all of the people coming. YUP! It was fun. Mom and I went hog wild at Party City buying decorations and we started hanging them days before. The guys just shook their heads! I brought up my red, white and blue lights from home and we had the backyard lit up like a runway. The poor hummingbirds didn't know what to think. Here we are decorating:
We didn't stop there....oh no! Mom and I had gone to Kohl's and we bought MORE stuff. We got Pop Pop a shirt for the 4th. Much to the boys' surprise...they had the SAME shirt. The were cool about it. i almost went totally overboard, drove out there again and bought uncle jared the same shirt. I think they would have killed me. So the house was decorated, everyone had on their 4th outfits..we were set to go! I even pulled out my Betty Crocker apron and made a 4th cake.It wasn't perfect but it tasted OK. I was the total Nazi that day. Pop Pop wanted to make bratwurst. HELLO! On the 4th of July. Nope! We had hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, potato chips, baked beans and you guessed it...apple pie and my cake for desert! ALL American! I am a dork! I loved doing all of this especially now that I am a mom. These are the things I want to pass down to the kids! Traditions and family fun!

I want to also add how smart my son is. When I came downstairs that morning after my wonderful husband let me sleep in, everyone was in the kitchen. Apparently, Kyle went through the ENTIRE 4th of July sign and was able to tell daddy every letter and number. He just turned TWO! Although he has had almost half the alphabet down since before that.

We had a great day playing in the backyard. Uncle Jared and Daddy had too much fun with the t-ball set for the kids. I think they were having more fun than the kids. You'll see the expression of Steve's face from the photos. A few of the balls met their death with the "big kids" playing with them. Side note here, I called the company and they are sending me 5 more balls for FREE. I didn't tell her how they broke. You're all set to go Jared. However, I think I will buy you your own set for Christmas!!

We wound down the day with some cocktails on the back patio. I love my parents backyard. I appreciate it now that I live in CA on a postage stamp lot. It was all lit up and it was a great way to end a great day. Now those of you looking at the picture might think that we turned in at 8pm. Nope! The great thing about Seattle is that it stay light outside pretty late. I would say this picture was taken around 9:30pm. If we could move tomorrow, we would.
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