4th of July!

Our Independence Day started off with swim lessons! Owen is in level 5 this year and Paige is in level 3. Paige had a rough start with them...she was upset that she couldn't do everything they asked of her immediately but she's made such quick progress that her initial worries have disappeared and she enjoys going every day. Owen's doing great in level 5 too, they basically swim a bunch of different strokes for long periods of time and work on their dives! At the end of the class, the older levels get a chance to do any jump they want off of the diving board (see below)

Paige! 

Owen!

After swim lessons, we headed to my parent's house to visit and have a cookout! It was a beautiful day out so we spent a good amount of time outside playing or taking a walk.

Family picture in our patriotic colors!

A little cat's cradle

I made this 7 layer dip-my feelings are a little conflicted about it. It was pretty good but it was so heavy! I didn't feel like I could eat a lot of it and the leftovers weren't that great because the juiciness of the salsa ended up running everywhere! I would consider making it again but for a much bigger crowd.

After my parent's house, the Hall family joined us back at our house for a bit before we all walked up to go see the fireworks! The kids had plenty of treats that day but when the ice cream truck wandered down our street (finally!) we couldn't say no to some ice cream! We went to town a little early so the Hall's could check out the festival but it was so ridiculously crowded that we didn't really get to any games or rides or buy any food. We found a good spot to watch the fireworks from the playground and called it a night!

The kids have been waiting all summer for the ice cream truck!

The girls ended up loving the fireworks!

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