Fourth of July

We did a lot of picnicking this week. The parties started with an Independence Day bbq at friend's house Friday. It was yummy and a lot of the kids friends from church were there. They played hide and seek and a huge game of tag/infection.

The morning of the 4th was a church breakfast picnic.  The kids started a big game of kickball and our older kiddos joined in. They were a little hesitant since they'd never played it before.

 Here's brother M kicking the ball:

And big sister A kicking:

  This is what S and L did most of the time:

We had another picnic bbq with the cousins at our house that afternoon and then the fireworks were postponed due to rain.  We went to the parade and fireworks this weekend instead. Grandpop was in town for a photo shoot and joined in the fun.

 Scrambling to pick up candy:

 

 Trying to keep L from running out to meet everything that came along.

 Fireworks!