Fun 4th of July weekend

Ankeny is kind of strange, in that they celebrate the 4th of July on the 12th and 13th of July....go figure? So we are going to do the parade and fireworks this weekend. But this last weekend we were very busy! On Friday, the 4th we started the day at Gona and Baca's house. I made a new salad called BLT salad, and it is pretty yummy. Baca and Gona made chicken and veggies on the grill, home made ice cream and raspberry and peach pie, baked beans, potato salad, and Emmi brought some yummy fruit and jello salad...it was all really good. Before we ate we played croquet, and I had a blast throwing the frisbee to lucky. He is a GREAT frisbee dog! I wish we had a giant yard so we could steal him :)

--loungin in her red white and blue from auntie chelsey--

--trying to figure out croquet--

--she loves this game--

--hitting the ball between her legs--

--riding four wheeler with daddy and kade--

Grandpa and Grandma great came out too, and we set off a bunch of illegal fireworks that Gona smuggled in...shhh, don't tell! Some of them were really cool, and Josh accidentally knocked one over that shot horizontally....lucky it hit the horse's fence, and not the house!

--Denny setting off fireworks--

--Skinners--

--waving her flag--

After nap, and some more playing, we went to Lindsay's wedding reception. Lindsay is my jobshare partner, and she just found out that her fiance was being deployed to Iraq. They decided to do a fun quick wedding, then have a big party for all their friends and family on the 4th. It was a big BBQ on a lake. The theme was red white and blue, and they had fireworks and lots of outdoor games. It was really fun!

--Daddy on the pier with Kenna--

--Kenna looking at the lake in her pretty dress from Greece--

--spinning in her dress--

Then, Saturday, McKenna and I ran some errands in the morning, including the purchase of a little potty. She loves it. It is completely portable, and she can go all by herself, which is what she wants to do. We have had hardly any accidents since its purchase, so we will continue with it :)

Then Gona and Baca came over with their giant mower. Daddy and Baca mowed a lot of the brush down in our timber area. Daddy is going to spray all the weeds, and it pretty much extended our yard quite a ways. It looks really good!

Sunday, McKenna spent the day at Gona and Baca's while daddy worked on his website. It looks really great and you should all check it out! I will post the URL when it is finished!

Here are some fun ones daddy has taken lately:

--playing in he sun with Rylee--

--playing in her waterpark--

This morning we were goofing around and I got some cute ones of my little girl.

--eating her first bowl of cheerios with milk in it--

--running around and screaming--

--being oh so cute in her outfit from Africa--