When the 4th of July falls on a Sunday where we live, it's celebrated on Saturday so we had all our parties yesterday. We love our local small town parade so that was our first stop of the day.
Once Dillion figured out that there was candy getting thrown, he would come back with 4-5 pieces each time when the other cousins would maybe get one. So here he is sharing some with Nick. What a sweet kid.
We thought this one was pretty cool.
After the parade, we headed to my parents house for lunch and hanging out. Neal and my brother Ryan were in an ice cream making contest.
Here's all the kids jumping on the trampoline.
For the rest of the afternoon, we went over to see Neal's side of the family. Of course, they found the trampoline right away.
Here's Nixon trying to explain to Dillion which "car queen" he needed. Dillion was a little confused about why it mattered.
They got along great though.
Here's Dillion challenging Uncle Dave to a contest of tricks.
It doesn't get dark very early around here, so we waited as long as we safely could to start the fireworks on the driveway. But all our kids go to bed before the sun goes down so it was still pretty light.
The boys watched the first few but wanted to eventually go back to the trampoline. Halle stuck around and got to light a smoke ball.
But she was sure to run away fast after Neal's major serious talk to the kids about getting close to the fireworks.
Tiffany is showing the brothers how to light a smoke ball properly.
And finally the sparklers came out. It took a lot of convincing to make them believe it wasn't going to burn their hand off when it got to the end. Dillion was still a little skeptical.
Happy 4th of July to everyone who couldn't celebrate with us. Even though it was only about half of our immediate families, we thought Dillion would be overwhelmed meeting so many people in one day, but he took it in stride. He picked up names and associations very quickly and even recognized them today when we showed him their pictures on our wall. It turned out to be a really good day.
Once Dillion figured out that there was candy getting thrown, he would come back with 4-5 pieces each time when the other cousins would maybe get one. So here he is sharing some with Nick. What a sweet kid.
We thought this one was pretty cool. 
After the parade, we headed to my parents house for lunch and hanging out. Neal and my brother Ryan were in an ice cream making contest. 
Here's all the kids jumping on the trampoline.
For the rest of the afternoon, we went over to see Neal's side of the family. Of course, they found the trampoline right away.
Happy 4th of July to everyone who couldn't celebrate with us. Even though it was only about half of our immediate families, we thought Dillion would be overwhelmed meeting so many people in one day, but he took it in stride. He picked up names and associations very quickly and even recognized them today when we showed him their pictures on our wall. It turned out to be a really good day.
