4th of July!!
The weekend started off with a visit from great friends in town for the holiday
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| Jeremy got half of the chairs done just in time! |
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| The morning of the 4th started out with the Ward breakfast and activities |
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| Next we went out to a field in Louisberg to set off our fireworks with Jeremy's uncle and cousin |
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| Feeding the fish and frogs and whatever else was in there... |
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| Safety briefing |
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| Anna and Parker waiting for the show |
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| They make Whitney do the first lighting |
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| Running away as fast as possible |
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| Connor is clearly worried about everyone making in away fast enough |
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| They made it just in time |
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| Jeremy had to sacrifice his body in order to shoot some of the fireworks off correctly |
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| Pyros! |
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| Then we were off to a party at our friends house. The kids were having a heated soccer game. |
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| Anna and Whitney were their cheerleaders |
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| Then Jeremy had to show them how it was done |
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| Cooling off |
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| We got to the fireworks display in Stilwell just in time that night! |
Thanksgiving in July
We had out great friends over to help us celebrate with Thanksgiving dinner
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| I love these girls! |
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| Just dance on the XBox |
More Summer Stuff...
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| Lots of swimming! |
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| Lots of ball games! |
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| Lots of ice cream! |
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| Lots of outdoor movies! |
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| Lots of friends! |
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| water balloon fight |
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| Last game |
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| Car wash at church |
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| I think the kids were cleaner than the cars! |
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| End of the season party.. Aiden had some great coaches! |
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| Anna is a great little baker! |
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| BFF necklaces |
Cates Family Reunion and 40th Wedding Anniversary
Brian and his family stayed a few days at our house before the reunion started so we got their new twins all to ourselves for a little while. They are soooo cute!!
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| Connor and Aiden are baby whisperers |
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| First time swimming! |
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| Erin liked it a lot more than Jordan did |
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| Brad and Sheri arrived the next day so we had all the extended family in the area over for a pool party! |
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| The mighty Caja China and its master! |
Branson
We all drove down to Branson and met up with Chris and his family
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| Our lake house for the week |
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| The kids had so much fun at this pool all week long! |
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| Lunch by the pool |
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| Silver Dollar City was so much fun! |
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| You can't go to Branson without doing the go-carts! |
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| Connor and Aiden are trying to make hearts to tell the woman making their ice cream how much they love her! lol! |
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| We rented a boat for the day which was the kids favorite part of the whole week! |
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| They think they are so cool! |
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| BBQ Dinner - another must! |
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| We had to take advantage of all of us being together at the same time for a big Family picture! |
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| There was absolutely no coordination of outfits here! |
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| All the cousins! |
