July 4th

For July 4th this year we decided to do something different, and last minute we decided to go to the Lake. We love Branbury, as it has plenty of grass area to sit and also plenty of sand for playing and building castles. The water is shallow a long way out, too. The kids have all really developed a love for swimming this summer!

Jacob has always been a fish and loves just sitting at the shore with as much of his body in the water as possible!

Leah is really working hard on going underwater and swimming and rarely likes to use a swim float.

Jacob found a little puddle someone had started digging and filled with water (well, mud!). We started digging it deeper till he was covered with the stuff! Some friends from church happened to be at the beach that day, too, so we got to play with them!

 Later we came home and enjoyed the All-American hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill!

Then, yesterday, we enjoyed a parade in a nearby town. It was a pretty good parade, and we joined some friends to hang out and watch! There was a few activities for kids, including a bounce house which we had to drag Jacob out of. The parade was definitely the highlight!