Our 4th of July

We spent the 4th of July over at my brother's house. Technically, we were in his pool the entire day! Considering it was 100 degrees with a feels like temperature of 110, I think that was the only place to spend the holiday without dying of heat exhaustion!

Here is a video of our little fish swimming all by herself...she really took to swimming very easily!

We enjoyed a great seafood cookout including fried shrimp, oysters, hush puppies, and catfish! We also had homemade ice cream and cherry pie. It was delicious and we were stuffed! We climbed out of the pool, all pruney, around 8pm to get ready for the fireworks! We shot some poppers before we left, which Brinley loved! She really loved the fireworks, rolling down the hill and running on the green (we watched the fireworks from the golf course).

Sammie helping Brinley pop her poppers

Sammie, Brady, Brinley and Reese waiting on the fireworks to start!

Brinley and Reese watching the fireworks


After all was said and done, we were all exhausted! Brinley had no nap and been in the pool all day, Clayton decided he didn't want to miss the party and only took 1 hour nap and was up from 8am-10pm. Considering those circumstances, both kids were troopers with no melt downs and passed out in the car on the way home! It was a great way to celebrate our nation's birthday!

Clay-man enjoying his first 4th of July celebration!