Happy Independence Day!

We started our 4th of July weekend off with a trip to the YMCA pool on Friday night...we packed a dinner and ate up there, which the kids love doing.

Picnic!

The next day, the kids and I walked up to Busken for breakfast.  Max ate his donut like a wild animal...and while Lucy was a little more civilized, she ended up with a pretty messy face, too!

We tried to get an appointment next door at Ejay's for a Max to get his wild mane tamed but they couldn't get us in for about 35 minutes...so we walked home to deliver a donut to Daddy and then headed back up.  Lucy talked me into getting her hair cut, too - she lost another 4-5 inches!

Later that day, we met up with Grandma & Troy at their river camp.  Lucy loved walking along and throwing rocks into "the ocean."

Max especially loved the golf cart rides!  They both loved running around outside.

That night, Daddy and Lucy finally got to put the tent he got for his birthday last year to good use and had their very first camp-out (Max and I slept in a bed inside a camper).

On Monday morning, we went to GranJan & Grandpa's house and walked down in the rain to watch the parade.  It was raining pretty steadily on the walk to our watching spot but it stopped by the time we got there - still, all of the candy we caught was pretty soggy (yet tasty!)

It was still a pretty crummy day so we didn't go to the pool but had fun with friends at GranJan & Grandpa's house.