Before, during and after July 4th

     So we've had a fun week! Carter wanted to experience the curler effect, which was hilarious. Unfortunately, we did this Saturday night and he was too embarrassed to wear it curly to church so the curly look was short-lived.

What a goofball.

     I also took the kids swimming this week and we tried the Pleasant Grove pool for the first time and it wasn't as cool as Provo Rec but they can't say I didn't take them swimming, but of course they still want to go to the Provo Rec center soon.

These two were the only ones reluctant to leave.

Charlie's got serious skills plugging her nose at the end of the slide.

     Carter and his buddies had some fun on the diving boards but the lifeguards were pretty whistle-happy and put a bit of a damper on their fun.

     And even the neighbors can't resist trying out Charlie's cool 'ride'.

     Our cute boy McClane got his own set of scriptures and couldn't have been happier. He's been taking them all over the house and yard and showing them to anyone and everyone. I was going to make him wait, (I haven't even bought Brock a set yet) but he kept borrowing scriptures from the library at church so I felt he'd earned a set of his own.

    And our neighbor wanted to add some fun to our Fourth of July morning and hosted a fantastic breakfast in his backyard for several families in the neighborhood. And of course we still had our fun "Sidewalk of Fire" with the neighborhood in the evening but unfortunately the weather put a hiccup in the night and we had to take a serious pause while a major rain/thunderstorm blew through. Thankfully it was only about a 30 minute delay and then the festivities continued and the regular chaos and fun was enjoyed by, almost, everyone.

Charlie loves time with the fun teenagers in the neighborhood.

     The face painting kits I added to the fun this 4th of July were a huge hit and I discovered our neighbor is an amazing artist and was a good sport about taking on the task of painting all the kids faces.

Rain, wind and lightning, oh my!

The candy/toy explosion was a huge hit!

    And Isaac splurged on his own set of PitViper sunglasses, or are they Smalls new sunglasses!?

What a stylin' dog!

      So that's our week and it was fun! Greg and I are looking forward to celebrating 24 years of marriage this weekend. We're headed to Salt Lake for an overnighter and a small break from our reality! Lets hope the kids can survive on their own for 24 hours! (They're not all sad about missing church.)