Fourth of July

We started the Fabulous Fourth off with the Liberty Fest Parade in Edmond, Oklahoma. We arrived around 8:30am to save the STREET for our family (yes, we parked our behinds on one of the cross-streets...and took up almost the entire street!)

Here is the unhappy Eli, cast and all, wanting to jump out of the stroller and join the parade! He did amazing, considering his probable pain, but you knew he wanted to be apart of the festivities!

My handsome boys were suffering the heat. I knew Ryan is not a huge fan of parades, especially in the middle of the summer in the southern heat! But I soon found out that Cannon doesn't handle the heat well either!

We had to leave the parade early because Cannon puked all over himself, the picnic blanket, and even Lily's foot. We stripped him down, covered him in water, gave him plenty to drink, and left! He seemed fine once we cooled him off in our A/C home and he had a good nap. Poor little guy!

We then spent a good part of the swealtering afternoon in the fabulous pool at the home of the generous Bithel's. (A longtime family friend) And Brenna actually swam! We had tried EVERYTHING to get her to enjoy the water, and all it took was a $2 innertube from Wal-Mart. She swam all over the pool, and we all had a great time!

Elizabeth fell asleep, Cheetoe mouth and all!
After relaxing post-swim, we celebrated an American holiday with what else?
A PINATA!
The kids were on a sugar-low and needed an upper!
After the pinata, we broke out the fireworks and enjoyed the snaps, sparklers, and some duds.
We then headed over to our house to watch the local universities fireworks display! As it turns out, our street perfectly aligns with the fireworks display. So again, we parked ourselves in the middle of a road, and enjoyed the fireworks!

Do we look exhausted?
We also enjoyed stove-roasted S'Mores. Yum! (By the way, a yummy variation is to use Reece's Peanut Butter Cups instead of chocolate bars to melt between the mallow and cracker!)

Happy Fourth of July!