Fourth of July - on the 19th of July

So I'm a little late...is anyone surprised, really?

Trent and the boys (Mason, Kamran, Arian, and Isaac) got up early that morning...yes, they most certainly did get up early..to go canoeing.  Trent can very easily take a 2 1/2 hour canoe trip and turn it into an All-Day-Event so he had pretty strict orders...heartfelt encouragement, to try to be done by 3:00.  We were grilling out at Tyson and Nickie's and there was a good chance that they wouldn't make it back in time for even the fireworks.

Bailey came by that morning with Mallory and picked the girls and me up so we could swim at Nickie's for a while before the guys got there. Grace had, as usual, spent the night over there and when we arrived they had made an adorable sign to greet us with.

 Almost right after we got there Grace got an invite to spend the day at Chip and Tina's.  Luckily she had been swimming most of the morning so she jumped at the chance.  She washed her hair outside and then went in to get ready.

Bailey, Mallory, and KC with their "George Washington" hair.

The little girls spent most of the morning filling water balloons so they could bombard the guys when they got there.  When Bailey decided to leave to go to Hil G's the girls decided to target her... unfortunately Jessica was nearby and one deflected off of Bailey and ended up hitting Jessica...in her regular clothes!

Believe it or not the guys actually made it back from canoeing in plenty of time...must be a record or something!  They came in and quickly took over the pool.

Isaac trying to make us believe he got a real tattoo...that morning before canoeing...yeah, right!

 

 

 They all wanted to show their moves off on the diving board...even the girls got in on the fun!  

Annaliesse taking it easy  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tyson trying to pull Sue into the pool...she can't swim!

 

   

 Nickie wanted to get a picture of Isaac and Mallory together.  Every shot she snapped one or both of them would make a face or act silly in.  She snapped a bunch of pictures (this wasn't even all of the ridiculous pictures she took) until she finally got one where they weren't acting stupid.

They can actually look like a cute couple!

After all that swimming, and eating - you can thank me later for not posting pics of that :) it was time for the fireworks.

yes...you saw right...no shoes on the girls while they were doing sparklers...oops!

Happy Independence Day everyone!