Vacation - Part 1

We had a wonderful 4th of July vacation again this year. We spent 10 days with family and friends, having lots of fun along the way. Our trip pretty much consisted of 3 parts, so I'll start with Part 1 first - with tons of pictures! =)

The first 3 days of our vacation were at my parents. July 4th is always a holiday of fun with family at our house, with the night of the 2nd being our annual 4th of July bash. Between 2 houses and 2 campers we had anywhere from 20-30 people over all weekend long, it was great!

The first day of vacation - Daddy's birthday! The kids loved helping blow out candles =)





The second was our big party day...I have a lot of pictures! =)

Mom, Henry, Hailey, and Anna



I like this one of Colin & Ellie =)



Cute one of Shannon & Henry too =)



The girls playing the flip the shoe game =)



Ellie with her "wind blower"



More on the swing



Kevin and the boys



Popsicles! I love how Emmit is standing here too =) That's probably my favorite thing about the 4th of July...it's just laid-back fun!



Aunt Bev opening her retirement gift. 35 years of teaching 1st graders - wowza!



Janel and the water balloon crew!



Cory, Janel, Elle, Cole, and baby-to-be!



Taylor in her cute swimsuit



Anna and Hailey having fun in the pool - it was a beautiful day!



Ellie playing a little air guitar with Daddy =)



A little blurry, but still a cute one! Brendan was such a good big cousin all weekend =)



Grandma, Uncle Bob, Aunt Bev, Aunt Gretchen, and my Mom



The bride and groom to-be!



Uncle Bob, Aunt Laurie, and Taylor the little angel baby!



Of course we played basketball =)



The kids loved the parachute firework



Emmit with his parachute



Ellie has no girl 1st cousins, but lots of girls second cousins! These girls played so good all day long. They colored at this table for a long time (waiting for fireworks to start!)



Ellie and Elle! Ellie referred to Elle as 'other Ellie' all day...they had so much fun together =)



A cute one of the Luehmann family!



Fireworks time! Ellie LOVED them! Good job Grandpa and Daddy! =)



Another cute one of Mom, Sara, and Shan



After the fireworks we had a LATE night around the bonfire...everyone especially loved the sangria Shannon and I concocted...hehehe =) In fact every night was a LATE night around the bonfire...too much fun. Vacation Part 2 to come...