Happy Belated Birthday America!!

Food, Fun, Family and Water could describe our 4th of July here in Oregon. The boys and I spent the day with my sister and her family. We went swimming in the morning, and the kids spent most of the hot afternoon in their undies. In the evening my brother-in-law helped the kiddos with a small fireworks display!



It wasn't quite as hot as the Alabama heat, but plenty warm. Every kid loves the sprinkler right?!



After a while, even a couple of the adults were hot and quickly found a solution to the problem. I held tight to the camera so that I didn't have to take part in the fun!



Eli was dedicated to helping Uncle Kelly with some yard work...his solution for the heat was just to be naked!!



We have especially enjoyed all of the Oregon berries that are available at the local fruit stands and berry farms. 4th of July was no exception - frozen berries on a hot day are a perfect afternoon snack!!



By the looks of this picture you would have thought the fireworks were huge...but in actuality they were one or two inch fountains!!


Eli and my niece Emiley are about 3 weeks apart - after about 30 seconds of fireworks they were in tears...but Emiley especially enjoyed the champagne poppers...



What a great way to celebrate our freedom and our beautiful country!!