4th of July.....

We went to Jeff & Melinda's house to celebrate the 4th of July this year - we actually celebrated on the 3rd - they had us and a few other families over for swimming, badminton (Jeff & Jeremy were really excited about this), bbq and fireworks.  We had SO much fun.  We got there around 3 and the twins got right in the pool - they got out for about 20 minutes to eat dinner and then got back in until it was time for fireworks.  I think we figured they spent at least 5 hours swimming.  It is so amazing to me to see how much better they swim this year compared to last year .  They have gotten to the point where they are figuring out how to do handstands in the water, somersaults, etc.  And Gracie loves going out in the deepend and swimming to the bottom to collect and rings, etc.  We bought Livvy some "high-end" floaties and this kid looooooves them - she has learned how to kick her legs with the floaties on and she'll just swim from one spot to another - cracks us right up! 

Anyway, we had a GREAT time with Jeff and Melinda - we always do.  I feel so blessed to finally be living close to family.  The fireworks were fun - Whitney and Livvy liked to do the sparklers (Gracie was having nothing to do with 'em) and all 3 girls loved the pops.  Marcus and Jeff put on a great fireworks spectacular and we headed home happy and exhausted.