The Fourth of July

Our July 4ths are always pretty low key and this year was no exception. David made some delicious ribs for lunch (I'm not a rib-eater myself so I have to take his word on the matter) and he and the kids dug in. Xander and Savannah loved them and Xander kept asking for more long after they were gone!

This is Xander's Zorro hat but he looks more like the little boy from "Witness" if you ask me.

Savannah and I painted our nails to show off our red, white, and blue!

A rare moment of Noah being next to me. These days he wants everyone BUT me.

We played games at one friend's house and then we all headed over to another friend's house for some BBQ. There was a light rain falling so we mostly stayed in for the evening. We adults played more games while the kids were kept busy watching a movie.

We then headed outside to watch our little fireworks display. Our friends had bought all the kids some glow sticks, which were a huge hit.

Due to the rain, we sat in the backs of our cars to watch the fireworks.

Noah liked the fireworks at first...

...until they started the loud crackling and popping noises...then he wasn't too thrilled.

Xander really got into the fireworks, dancing around, waving his glow sticks. It was a really fun evening spent with good friends. Happy Birthday, America!