4th of July

Every year Matt and I do the same thing for 4th of July...instead of going to parties or big celebrations we go to PF Changs and order take out and sit in their parking lot and watch fireworks at Chesterfield mall. May sound boring to most but to us its our little tradition..

However, this year with Bailey being old enough to enjoy all of the festivities that are July 4th we decided to go out to St Albans with my brother and sister in law for their yearly shindig..And I have to say it was so much fun! First of all, I know Matt was excited because St Albans was having huge buffet which is always AMAZING (at least their Christmas one is) and this one did not disappoint.. I wanted to take pictures of it for blog purposes but I didn't want to look like a nut. The buffet was out by the pool and they had blow up bouncy things for the kids to play in and a big water slide bouncy thing up on the tennis courts. Bailey did not do any of these things because she is still a little to small:( But she enjoyed watching her big cousins bouncing around and going down the slide!

Bailey splashing in puddles..one of her favorite activitiesBrooke going down the water slide

I love this picture of Ash! She was scared to go down the slide..she is holding on for dear life..not fully committed to going down the slide yet:) But of course she went down once and then wanted to go again and again..

Matt and his mini me

Bailey and her first snow cone which she would not share and eventually ended up wearing all over the front of her new yellow cover up...

This is right before the fireworks...all the kids were running around on the golf course.Bailey is going so fast the picture is blurry:)

We watched the fireworks from the golf course and we were sitting as close as you could to where they were actually setting the fireworks off. The backdrop was so pretty..even though it was kind of gloomy (it rained off and on all day)

You cant really tell in this picture but Bailey is SO upset because she has to take a picture with us instead of running around with her cousins.

Did I say we watched fireworks? That is partially true..we saw a few fireworks. After they started going off and Bailey recovered from her initial shock and silence she started to wail and shake..she did not enjoy it so we saw about 2 minutes of fireworks:)

Hope everyone enjoyed their 4th of July!