4th of July

This year my sister & her family came to visit from Tucson.  It made the week even more fun!

We started the day with the annual painting of the driveway.  If you come to see us on the 4th of July, we'll put you to work.  This year Patrick decided to go with the Captain America logo.  It turned out great!  Click on pictures to enlarge.

We decided to just stay home & do our own fireworks (thanks to our friend Sean who bought the kids a huge box of fireworks).  It was a good thing too, cause the weather was kinda yucky.  It got super windy, cool, and eventually rainy. We would start & stop fireworks as the rain got heavier.

The kids tye-dyed shirts the night before, and the kids all looked so cute with their shirts and fun accessories.   My sister made this fun, yummy cake for dessert.