Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Firecracker Weekend!

We had a full weekend, celebrating the 4th!  We didn't make it to any parades, unfortunately, but we did spend the actual holiday with our best friends, Andy & Melissa, and their two boys.  We ate, drank (water for me!), and blew stuff up!  Turns out my son is a future-pyro, just like his Daddy!  While Blake and Cole were inside, safe away from the loud bangs, Sean didn't even jump when the bottle rockets, whistlers and firecrackers were going off!  In fact, he kept asking for more!  Yikes!

Daddy & Sean hanging out, waiting for dinner and fireworks.

Trey getting Sean drunk on beer.   Awesome.

Little Man Cole showing off his mad biking skillz.

On Saturday, we spent the morning and early afternoon back down in South County, this time for miss Katie's first birthday!  Katie is the daughter of our friend's Doug and Karina, and it's so amazing that's it's already been a year!  We were treated to a nice BBQ and cake and ice cream, and got to watch Katie open tons of toys.  She's so freakin' cute, and loved all the attention!

Birthday Girl Katie enjoying one of her many new toys!

Sean hanging out during the birthday party.

We had to get going, though, because Grammy was waiting at the house for us!  We took a little siesta, then treated ourselves to some grilled steaks, Trey hit the fireworks stand, and we settled in the driveway for our own Independence Day celebration.  Trey and Sean played some ball while we waited for the sun to set, and Sean's girlfriend, Emma, headed over with her mom and dad to watch our little homemade show.  Their dog Loopy came along as well, and she was decidedly smarter than my idiot dog, Sophie, who ran at the fireworks as they were going off.  I have no photos of that, as I was too busy anticipating a visit to the emergency vet!

Daddy and our future hall of famer.

Trey giving small children sticks of fire.  Double Awesome.

Sean and Emma enjoying the show.

Emma and Sean decided the show was better if they shared a seat!

Sunday we were all a bit lazy, but did hang out in the yard a bit so Sean could show off more of his baseball and mowing skills to Grammy before she had to head home.  Sean and I both took a nice, long nap, and then we had a quiet evening at home.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your son has the biggest cheeseball grin I've ever seen!

Anonymous said...

Love the pics! Had fun despite all of us being so wiped out..not sure what that was all about. Anyway, loved being with you. Can't wait for Sean to meet his first cousin, Addison. Love you.