the 4th of july (on the 3rd of july)

the country club had it's annual july 4th party this past friday night. friday was the 3rd, but i guess they don't care. or maybe they didn't want to interfere with the city park's celebration on the actual 4th. either way, it was a lot of fun, and it gave us something to do on a night that we would have surely gone to bed much earlier than the start of those fireworks!

william hit up the bouncy things right off the bat...


and wes wasn't too far behind...


then they played games...


got a really cool hat...


and a puppy dog...


showed off the arm at the dunking booth...


danced to the band after supper...


and prepared to watch the fireworks...


william and wes provided the musical entertainment while we waited. mary elliott looks enthused, no?


and then the sky lit up...


lucky for us, we only live 30 seconds from the country club. so, we managed to get the little people in bed around 915. but don't think for one second that there was any sleeping late the next morning. we got up and swam, took a nap, swam some more, and then cooked out with some friends.

you'd think that all that fun in one weekend would wear the under-4 age group down. and, although they look sweet and calm in this pre-chuch pic,...

...church was anything but.

i can only hope that naptime runs a little long today! and bedtime might come early, too!