Monday, July 09, 2012

Happy Birthday America

We have 3 annual 4th of July traditions:

  1. Early swim party at Aunt Taffy's house
  2. Later block party with the neighborhood peeps
  3. Pass out from complete and total exhaustion combined with heat stroke and a beer buzz (the buzz is for the grown-ups, not the kids, duh.)


Ryan and Cole in the tie die shirts and bandanas they made with their nanny Colleen.  For the record, they styled themselves.

In my defense - have you jumped off a diving board lately?  Honestly it's really scary.  Much higher than it looks.


Chilling with Ryan in the shallow end

Are you picking up on a theme here?  Mom hanging on something that floats...it was one of those aaahhhh afternoons

Ry diving off the board...obviously much braver than his old mom.

We left Doylestown early to get back to WC in time for the block party.  Charlie and Dean immediately found their way into the chocolate s'mores cake, yet maintained their innocence with these angel faces.




Dean going in for the hug.

We're starting to rack up a lot of holiday traditions - both big and small - and I really appreciate the ones like these.  And not just because of the beer buzz (this cold heart of mine has a spot for family and friends, too.)

Hope y'all had a great 4th making your own family traditions.

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