4th of July

Sorry it's taken so long to get these pictures up for you, but here are a few of the attempts at family pictures we captured during the 4th of July weekend. We have always purchased Old Navy flag shirts from the year that each child was born. This year it was quite symbolic to buy one for Daughter of Purpose--especially with the American flag.

We had a blast doing fireworks at home on the actual holiday, but then headed off to the coast for a visit with my grandparents. While we were there, we also hung out with some friends who were staying at a local campground. That's how we got all of these pics. Daughter of Purpose was not too keen on the sound of fireworks, but seemed to be okay with the visual. Glad we opted out of going to the stadium for the fireworks show. I think that would've been a bit much for her this year.

A lot of people have asked how she liked the ocean. Well, it's water for goodness sakes...of course she liked it! The previous weekend we had gone to the lake so I think that it was a similar experience for her. She didn't exactly do a double back-flip over the first ocean experience, but I think that she most certainly thought she was in heaven to be in water again.

We've kept busy with visiting friend's pools almost every day. In fact we've made such a routine out of it that tonight before bed when Daughter of Purpose was reviewing tomorrow's activites with me, she became very adamant that we must go the pool tomorrow. I kept explaining that we are not going to the pool and I think she thought that if she raised her voice enough or stomped her foot that maybe I might change my mind. Umm...no, we will not be going to the pool tomorrow. She will live.