4th of July

On Saturday Paul, Larissa and Daisy stopped by, then Chad, Christy and the kids came up and we enjoyed playing outside for bit...until it rained (more like monsooned) and cooled off. After things dried out a bit we headed back outside to play a little more and enjoy the 4th of July festivities. Mark and Rudy (his dog) also joined us for the evening. Jenna did not like the fire works and spent the majority of the night in Bruce's arms, with ear plugs in, looking a wee bit shell shocked. She now says 'loud' pretty clearly. Hopefully next year will be better for her. This upcoming weekend our neighbors are having a fire works show, so I'm hoping that she'll manage to sleep through it like she did last year. Here are some pictures from the 4th:

What happens when Jenna finds stickers:

I caught a parachute!

Are they done yet?

Ready for bed (10:45 pm)

Sunday I don't think we could have asked for better weather. It was so nice to have be able to be outside playing all day. Andrew spent the afternoon hanging out with the neighborhood kids, and Jenna spent a lot of time playing in the pool with Bruce. After they were done playing in the pool, Bruce and Jenna came out to the garden to help me pull weeds. Jenna is such a good little helper, and I don't think we lost any of the 'good' plants this time. Bruce ran the hose out to the raspberry bushes, so she spent a lot of time filling her bucket and playing with the water - it was pretty cute! We also lit off a few more fire works for the kids (& Bruce)....Jenna still wasn't impressed.