let freedom ring

Happy Fourth of July!

This is one of my favorite holidays,
so we started celebrating early
when Brooke's kids came over for
a sleepover.
We did all things Americana;
swam, ate watermelon, visited the zoo,
made a rope swing, and created 
4th of July firework cookies.

Then on Saturday,

we celebrated a
a different kind of flag.
The boating flag.

It was 118 degree outside,
the water was ruined by the wind,
and Sam broke out in hives.
We loved it!

On the fourth,
we went to the annual
Pancake Breakfast.
Oliver participated in
the children's bike parade
by dressing up the truck
he got from Grandpa.
Unfortunately he can only get
it to go one way,
backwards.

Later in the day,
we had a BBQ at my
parents house
with a pretty fierce
game of water polo.
Followed by some
backyard fireworks.
Can't wait to do it all
again next year!