4th of July

I'm not going to say how wonderful or happy our 4th of July was because it was pretty hard and sad without my dad. But I will say that I cherish the time I get to spend with my family so much more. And we tried our best to keep busy and plan fun things so we weren't just sitting around being sad. I think we did a pretty good job at enjoying our first holiday without our dad. And I'm not going to apologize for so many pictures because pictures are my thing. And I am so grateful right now that I always take so many pictures because every picture of my dad is so precious. I will never stop taking a million pictures so don't even ask me to. :)

▲▲▲I got Brooklyn the cutest little overalls for the holiday. I mean what is a holiday without a new outfit?!? She looked so darn cute and as I am looking at the pictures now I am realizing just how big Brooklyn is. I mean she looks 10 feet tall in these and she is starting to loose some baby fat. Can she really be almost two?? Her little smile just melts me. 

▲▲▲My contribution to the 4th of July BBQ were festive sugar cookies. They were pretty darn cute and took me pretty much the whole day to make them but I needed something to keep me busy and they tasted delicious!

▲▲▲I love my little family so much! So grateful I get to spend my life with them.

▲▲▲We had lots of family over for a yummy BBQ.

▲▲▲After dinner we all headed over to the nearby park and had a huge fireworks show. Everyone brought fireworks and we had a ton to light off. At the end we had a ton of aerial fireworks that were so awesome and we set them off one after another for a huge grand finale. We did have one mishap at the beginning with a firework that tipped over and started shooting at all of the us and the kids. It was a little chaotic there for a second trying to protect everyone and luckily we all made it out unharmed.

Happy Independence Day! 

I am so grateful for this wonderful country we live in with so many freedoms and blessings.