4th of July

We had a good majority of the Smith family gathered together for the 4th of July weekend and it was so much fun. The only not fun part was that Nate ended up getting a kidney stone so he was at home and out of commission the entire time. He still hasn't passed it, but the pain is starting to go down. Poor guy! And it was too bad that he missed out on all the 4th of July fun since it is his favorite holiday.

4th of July hair!

It was a hot day and so some of the cousins came over to cool off in the sprinkler.

Of course we did some traditional chalk coloring, but I'm not going to lie it is not the same without being able to do our own fireworks.

It was the perfect day though for lots of water balloon fun. All the kids loved it and we came up with all sorts of different games and activites to do with them.

This one was entertaining to watch. They lined up and everyone got a water balloon to throw at the person. The person could only move in between the two cones and would try to dodge as many as they could.

The crew that just wanted to watch. :) I took pictures of it all but then went last. I heard Aaron whispering stuff to Paige so I knew something sketchy was going to happen. I decided to lay on the ground with my head covered because I didn't want to get hit in the face. Paige (per Aaron's suggestion) took the bucekt of water and dumped it on my back! Lots of screaming and laughs on my part and it was an unexpected way to stay cool.

We skipped out on having a traditional BBQ and switched to tacos. You could have as many tacos as you wanted and we still had tons of leftover meat. The teenage boys were all trying to see how many they could eat. I heard Cade say he was up to 16 but I don't know who ended up getting the most.

Cute girls waiting for dinner.

Dinner Time

Then more water balloon fights

This little one is in berry heaven at Nona and Pop's house with straweberries, raspberries, and blueberries. If anyone wanted to hold her, they would just offer to take her to the garden to pick berries and she would willingly go. :)

Such an amazing group of people! I love being a part of this family!

Cuties!

Our last water balloon activity for the evening was another entertaing one to watch. We were using a slingshot launcher and launching water balloons into the cul de sac. The teenage boys were waiting out there trying to catch them. They got creative and had a baseball mit and even used a blanket to try and catch them.

The little girls stayed busy with Pop-its and this little cutie just wanted to play in the dust.

Baylor and Nona got the puzzle done!

We did our own sparklers and a few fun things while we waited for it to be dark enough for the fireworks at the lake.

 

I love the fireworks at the lake! They are so magestic and it truly is the perfect way to end the 4th of July. McCall's little "wows" were the cutest thing ever and Baylor pretty much fell asleep on me while we were watching. It was a sweet night with my girls and we were just missing daddy.