July, Part 1: Celebrating the 4th of July

The 4th of July was jam-packed this year. It is a yearly tradition for the Washburn family to party hard on the 4th of July. Plus, my brother, Nephi, made an unexpected visit to Utah. You never know when Nephi will be back, so you kind of have to make room in your schedule to see him when he's there or you could miss him for good. It plays havoc with schedules, but what can you do? So, Jeremiah took Pete and Johnny to Aunt Angie's house to celebrate with the Washburn family and I started out there too. When Dan got tired and needed a nap, I went for a drive to let him sleep...a drive to my Mom's house. Dan got his nap, and after he woke up, I got to see Nephi and his family, and then I drove back to Angie's house to finish out the 4th of July celebration. Whew! Is it bedtime yet?

Above: It was really fun to Nephi, Shandie, and their girls. Here's Kinlie playing in the sandbox with Caroline.

Above: Maddie is getting so grown up.

Above: Sweet Katelynn has a lot of sass to her too. Ha ha. Here she is being authoritative about the snowcones to Grant.

Above: Grant wasn't quite sure what to make of that sass. Ha ha!

Above: The adults were there too, of course. :)

Above: Nephi and Hannah enjoying the cool house.

Above: There's nothing better than being crowned by your dad.

Above: Sleepy Theo.

Above: After visiting the Mackay side of the family, I headed back to Angie's house to spend the rest of the day with the Washburn clan. Aunt Angie and Uncle Casey always get a super fun bouncy splash house for the kids to play in.

Above: All the kids, of course, loved it.

Above: Dan, of course, was too little to play with the big kids in the splash/bounce house, but he was a good companion to me and gave me a mini photo shoot. What a handsome guy!

Above: Everyone had a great holiday, even without the fireworks.

Above: Dad had a ton of fun on the slip N slide.

Above: Johnny enjoyed it too!