Who remembers what hot sunshine feels like??

We left off with our June fun in the sun and soon it was Independence Day!!! Yes it's JANUARY but who doesn't love dreaming about sunshine in the middle of winter? :) 

Time to party and eat crabs like good Americans

 Technique.

 Patriotism

4th of July parade, pouring rain, 2 toddlers and a baby, sounds fun! Let's go. 

Jackson gets the trooper of the summer award! 

He LOVED the parade and I dont even think he noticed that it was raining :) 

Justin and Abby were both QUITE excited about the firetrucks :)

There is something magical about taking little kids to a good parade! 

We absolutely loved it, rain and all :)

 The Crew

When it rains too hard to see... party in the trunk!

This kid danced and bopped for the entire parade. He was clearly each marching band's biggest fan.

Eventually it gets to the point that you are so wet that you don't even feel wet anymore. 

Thats the best. 

Garon never misses a parade!! :)

More partying! 

Time to celebrate the summer bdays with more crabs yummmmmmm!

Beautiful Bday Girls :)

Look I found ice!

He doesn't look like he's plotting anything, does he? 

July was also amazing because it was Grammy/Grandpa weekend for Max and Jack which means we got to have one-on-one time with this little snugabug :)

We went out to eat like real people and it was so delightful!

Max and Jack were having WAY more fun in Grammy World!!
Swimming with Auntie Meaghan....

Going out to eat like perfect little gentlemen... or just little gentlemen... ; )

And the best part... being outside!!

Later in July was an outdoor Church Service and Picnic at my Dad's church!

Max and I got to go by ourselves and we left the rest of the crew at home. 

It's safe to say that Max enjoyed having all of the attention :)

July also marked the start of SUMMER DAY CAMP!!! Max looked forward to it for weeks but was nervous at drop off for many morning (as was his Mommy!). Thankfully his buddy Christian from school was in his group. Yay friends!! 

So nervous :/

But he got the hang of it and loved it!

This tree was everything. If we could just have a tree like this to climb in our yard, life would be complete. And we'd have a lot of broken bones.  

Jackson was a big fan of camp pick up :)

We are already thinking about camp for Max next year.... Crazy!!! 

Upcoming blog posts: the rest of our summer adventures including BEACH WEEK, then Halloween cuteness and Christmas amazingneess.. stay tuned.