Happy 4th of July

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We have a new tradition of hosting a party on the 4th. Our house has an incredible view of lots of firework shows in Salem. It's free, there's no traffic, and young kids can sleep inside if they are too tired. We had over lots of friends and ate way too much food. Our kids loved the sparklers this year and they are finally getting old enough to understand the concept. Here is a great picture of all the kids we had over watching a movie, waiting for it to get dark.


 Early that morning our church put on a parade. Each kid was a different state and we got to come up with the costume. My mom went crazy on Shelby's Oklahoma costume. She had a red hat, a Sooners shirt, boots, a gun with a holster, and she was pulling an armadillo as a pet. He had a name tag "spot", which was a nice touch. Shelby loved her costume and wore it proud.
 Calvin did not have a costume. He just fell straight into a mud puddle. He was not happy about it as you can tell by the look on his face. He cracks me up the way he gets mad at the ground for tripping him. Luckily, he did not break his glasses. He just brought them soaked in mud over to me so I could clean them off. His pants were covered and we didn't stay too much longer after this.


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Anonymous said…
So cute! Your mom was telling me about her outfit. Glad you got a picture.
July 18, 2012 at 6:55 PM
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