Celebrating the 4th of July

We had such a great 4th of July this year.  We got to celebrate with Tim's family and some friends we haven't been able to see as often as we would like.  The boys got to eat lots of their favorite foods.  Hot dogs, chips, ice cream, fruit....and mom doesn't even have time to worry about the nutrition value!

The boys favorite part of the whole day (and ours since it occupied them for so long!) was swimming in 

our friends' pool.  Now that they have mastered wearing life jackets and are quite comfortable in the water, they have become much easier to be at the pool with.  

Water guns are always a hit....

Josiah loved to play with these torches

Josiah and Hudson bonding in the baby pool

We did do a few fireworks with everyone, but our boys were too busy swimming to even notice.  And to be honest, we haven't watched "real" fireworks since Joel entered our life.  We are usually all to worn out and in bed before they even start!  Oh well. We have many years ahead of us to do that!