4th of July - Part 2

More 4th of July fun!  On Sunday we were on a mission to find Ash some new shoes.  Every time I turn around one of the boys is growing out of something.  I swear I'm gonna blink and Vann will be taller than me.  Slow down boys, slow down...

Chaycers and I before we headed out to shop.

We stopped to check out Maurices as I used to shop there way back in the day.  This little cutie was having some fun in the mirror.

He's happy most of the time, but every once in a while he does get upset.  This time it was because he didn't catch a parachute guy from the firework.  But hey he's got his new shoes on!  Target...$9...score!!

Dad's passing out snaps.

The kids looove these!

More please!

My Sweets :)

Helping Dad with a firework.

Ash is like what are you doing Dad lol?!

Ready for a big boom!

There aren't many people I would trust to let my Chaycers light a firework off with...Aaron is one of the few.  

The boys love him.

Our loot!

Sparkler fun!

Pretties!

Cousins!

We spent most of Monday at the pool.  It was wonderful!  

The boys had so much fun.  We totally lost track of time.  It was perfect.

Chillaxing!

He was blowing water through the noodle and trying to hit Dustin with it.  

Cutie :)

6 hours of swimming tuckered this lil guy out.  He crashed on the couch around 8pm, I transferred him to bed and he slept till 8:30 the next morning!  

Looking at Dad's baby pictures with Grandma.

Tuesday we drove to Newton, KS to eat lunch at 701 Cafe...Chris Young's new restaurant.  It was yummy!!  I'm so happy for him and wish him continued success!

The gang!  Ash was trying to hide lol.  

One last Grandma snuggle before we headed home.  

It was a wonderful trip!  Lots of family time which is my fav.  And Chris's friends are the best.  They're family too.  We're already looking forward to more Kansas fun next year!  

4th of July fun!

We traveled to Kansas to visit Chris's family over the 4th of July...yay!  This has become our tradition and we all look forward to it every year.  It's always a ton of fun.  Family, friends, fireworks, does it get any better?!  

The boys helping Grandma decorate the house.  

Window clings...even Molly had to get in there and help lol.

He liked it!

The boys had real fountain soda...a very special treat!  Vann and Ash got cherry rootbeer which was surprisingly yummy.  And Chayce and I got cream soda. 

I haven't had this in years!  In high school my friend Becky and I would always raid her dad's candy drawer and wash it down with a cold cream soda.  It was the best :)

Grandma also treated them to a very tasty chocolate milk shake.  I believe this may be their first milk shake ever...if not the first it's the second ha! 

Here's the restaurant we lunched at.

We spent a lot of time at Jill's pool...she's Rana's cousin's daughter...follow that? :)

And there were always other kids around which was awesome.  The boys had a blast!
I love this shot of Vann :)

Chaycers loved hanging out on the pool noodles.

Laying on the step...

Look at me Mom!

Sweetness :)

Love him!

Shopping for fireworks...

I love watching them pick out whatever they want.

And I think they love it too!

Checking out the goods.

It isn't a vacation at Grandma's without the blow up pool!

Wrapping the mortars together.  

This was about half of them.  

Watching Dad light something off.

Helping Dad put new tubes on the board.  

Chaycers and I :)

The boys all love Derek.  Which makes me happy :)

All the kiddos are excited!

The rain tried to mess up our firework action, but we didn't let it.  In between the torrential downpour the kids covered Grandma's floor with Legos. 

Cutie!

A pretty fountain.

Watching a few big uns!
I'm not sure how many times we had to bring the chairs out and back in again because of the rain, but it was a lot!

I'll post about the rest of our trip to Kansas tomorrow.  Hope you're having a fun day!