Fouth of July!

We had such an awsome Fourth of July this year. The only downside was Jess, John and Mya had gone to North Carolina camping with John's family, so we didn't get to spend the day with them. But, other than that, it was an awsome day!

Steven, Parker and I went to Mom and Randy's around 4:30. Parker played in the pool on their patio, (well more like in and out and in and out of the pool, but you get the idea). He also explored the most dangerous part of their back yard over and over again. They have a huge soded back yard with tons of space for him to run, but OH NO he wanted to be under the trees in the pinestraw with all the sticks and stumps, oh he sure is Steven's son!


Mom provided grilled sliders, chicken and hotdogs and I brought some homemade slowcooker baked beans and potato salad. Dinner was delicious and we all were so full afterwards, especially Parker who ate 2 hotdogs!

After dinner we waited for my cousins to get to Mom's then we were going to head up to the corner to the Gratis store where they were having a big celebration.

Here is Parker out front at Mom's waiting on everyone to get there.


Mandi, Robert and Abby, Casey and Dave, and Michael, Amy and Haley all got to Mom's about the same time, and we walked up to the Gratis Store. Abby loved Parker's wagon and they even ended up sharing some juice!!(shhhhh don't tell Mandi!!)


The first thing we did when we got up there was get in line for the pony rides so Parker, Abby and Haley could ride. Parker has some issues with "touching" anything he is not familiar with, hence his hands being out to his sides for most of the time he is on the pony. Steven finally did convince him to put his hand on the horn after a while.



Heres a shot of all three kids, Haley on the far left, Parker in the middle and Abby right in front of Parker.


Abby loved it so much she completely freaked out when she had to get off :(.


Uncle Dave bought arm bands for all the kids and grabbed Parker to take him down the big slide. I wasn't too sure how he would handle it, but he did really well and Steven ended up taking him over and over again! Abby liked it too!!



Steven got Parker his first snow cone while we were there, and he did not take it from his lips until it was COMPLETELY gone!! He had a snowcone mouth for a while afterwards!


Parker and Grandaddy watching the ponies.


Auntie Casey and Abby just hanging out, waiting for the fireworks to start.


About the time it got dark, we walked back to Mom and Randy's to watch the fireworks from their front porch. Steven and Parker played in the dark in the front yard until they started, right at 10pm.



The show started right at 10pm and lasted almost an hour. Parker just stared at them and reached for them. After about the first 15 minutes, Parker just laid back in the rocking chair with Steven and watched them until they were over. Once they were over, I put Parker in his p.j.'s loaded him in the car and took him straight home (of course he fell asleep on the way there), scooped him up and put him to bed. We had such a good day, and can't wait to do it again next year!