July 4th

Another thing we enjoyed this past week was celebration the 4th of July with Matt's family.  Since Rachel (Matt's sister) was born on the 4th of July it was also a fun family birthday party for her too.  And the weather was perfect!

We started the day by hitting the road right away in hopes of having our 2.5 hour drive to Matt's parents' done by 10 or 10:30.  Even with a bathroom break we made it before 10:30.  Once we got there the rest of the family arrived and we just enjoyed hanging out, eating outside and being together.    

Finally around 7:30 we gave the kids a bath and got on the road again by 8:30.  The kids zonked out right away and Matt and I enjoyed being able to see many fireworks shows from the road.  There was one point when we could see 3 or 4 shows at a time.  It's not the same as being under a show and hearing the noise but it was neat to watch while in the car.

I loved the pictures Rachel took of everyone in their patriotic clothes...