Fourth of July!

I am finally getting around to posting about our busy Fourth of July Weekend. I honestly think that each of these days could warrant a post of it's own, but instead, I will sum up our weekend in photo's!

The top high light of any holiday for Casie is the presence of her cousins! It is so fun and satisfying to see these three become close. They were inseparable this weekend. They laughed, stayed up late, played the computer, and devoured a whole bag of Marshmallow Maties!


On to the Hintze family BBQ! Every 4th we gather at my Uncle Richards house for a family reunion. We do the same things every year and we love it! It starts out with YUMMY food..."we got burgers, .....we got dogs....we got chicken..." This is photo only represents a FEW of the yummy desserts that were present at the feast...WHY DID I CHOOSE THIS YEAR TO QUIT SUGAR! Can you believe the temptation!? Because I knew the baby wanted it, I did end up eating a piece of key lime pie...and lemon cake....and two bites of Mindy's chocolate cake. :-) Mike the goodie goodie had nothing!...(oh and he has now lost 13 pounds...I am proud of him)
After eating we all play volley ball, slip and slide and all the kids run around like wild children...it's so fun!

Here's Julie..(who has a weakness for all things pertaining to water) doing a beautiful, toe pointed, Super man, slip and slide dive. Notice her beauty and grace. :-)

Here's my sweet little Annie. She was actually COLD in this photo! Who's cold on the fourth of July? :-)

Introducing my skinny sexy hubby! I think in this photo he is giving me a smug look because he knew I was about to break our sugar fast....and he was NOT. I really do respect his will power though. He's such a babe!My cute, cute niece!

After the BBQ we went home for some much needed rest! We had a nice siesta, then were up and ready for some fireworks! Mike and I decided to just do some good ol' Harmons Grocery Store fireworks instead of attending an actual show. Most of that decision was based on the fact that we had been up till mid-night the whole week for play practice, and had an early morning rehearsal the next day. The kids loved the fireworks, and we loved that they were in bed early....ok these days 11:00 is early!
This is where "Brandon the Brave" spent the night of the Fourth. For every ounce we enjoy fireworks,...Brandon despises them! He found the darkest corner of the house and cowered there all night. :-)

The next day Mike and the kids were off to rehearsals, and I was off to another wonderful Sister Saturday! We had a fun time learning first aide and CPR. This is a photo of Sarah doing a "breath check". We also had a "tea party"( I was too busy eating to snap a photo). Then we did pedicures and manicures. It was great! Thanks Cait!

The NEXT day....we to got to drive to Richfield to see Heston blessed. It was so wonderful. Stephen and Kenzie are such cute parents! Heston is absolutely adorable! We had a yummy lunch in my Mom's back yard while once again...the kids ran wild with their cousins. I love being with family!

Stephen was trying to get Heston to smile in this photo. I think it's an adorable photo of father and son!

Here we are after enjoying a wonderful lunch! We look so content and refreshed.........

or not.... Needless to say, we were all very tired at the end of this fun packed weekend!