4th of July (Afternoon/Evening)

On the afternoon of the 4th, Daddy and I made "Wally the Watermelon Man."  Daddy had seen a youtube video of a guy putting a wire hanger on the end of a drill (to use like an egg beater) and then he made a hole in the watermelon and used the drill with makeshift egg beater to make a watermelon slush.  We had been wanting to try this for a while and it was pretty fun and messy!  It tasted ok, but it would have been better if we chilled the watermelon first.  Max and I didn't like all the white seeds in the slush. ;)

Our cousins came over for a bbq, wave crashin' and fireworks.  Daddy even went to Missouri this year to buy "real" fireworks.  The only thing they sell in Kansas are the snap poppers, which are fun, but we wanted to do sparklers and a few more things this year.

 We even got to stay up super late and went down to the park to watch the big fireworks display.  It was our first time seeing it and we were in awe!  It was worth the late night!

 The day after the 4th, Daddy took us camping at the lake nearby.  Mommy got a night to herself, which she enjoyed as well.  It rained most of the night and was very hot in the tent.  None of us boys got a very good night's sleep and I was especially crabby on Sunday when we got home.  But we all got 3 hour naps and were in much better spirits afterward!  We are so blessed to have our Daddy who does such fun things with us!

 Having fun at the pool with Daddy Sunday evening

Family date to the Farmer's Market (this was actually the evening of the 3rd)

Max and I wanted to put on "puppy" and "pirate" facepaint tonight... can you guess who is the pup and who's the pirate? ;)