A Few from the Fourth...

This year we went 'up north' to celebrate the Fourth of July...

We headed to the beach, meeting up with some friends I wish we'd see more often than we do...We all got married in the same year. We all sat around a campfire and said out loud that it's going to be funny - in a few years, we'll still be hanging out, but with lots of little ones running around. Those 'in a few years' are now.

We headed to a neighboring town to watch the parade. The temperature was perfect as we were on the shaded side of the street.

The firetruck crept along...then came to a stop. Then kids swarmed out from the sides of the street stood in front of the truck. After some revving up, the truck let loose....water came out full blast, and cooled off the hot sweaty bodies. Austin got drenched.

The kids waved their flags, collected candy...and had fun.

And the boys got a drink from an artesian well...what a way to cool off!