Summer Fun...July!!!

Just like June, July started off with a birthday! This time, it was Uncle Paul's turn to celebrate!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday Dear Bro, Dude, Paceeeeeto, Uncle Paul, are you really my brother, and yesterday I did! Happy Birthday To You!!!

We Love You Uncle Paul!!!

HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!!

We were so excited to have everyone over to celebrate the 4th with us! Though, we did miss Uncle Paul and Auntie Kelly since they were out of town!

They day started out beautiful, but this is what happened minutes before we decided to head out for the day...total down pour!!!

At first we didn't mind since we had plans to hang out at the Aquarium and it's pretty much indoors or undercover!

We were having a great time, and were so excited to see the rain was letting up! Not only that, but Tyler even touched a sting ray which has never been his favorite thing to do!

And wishes were made!

DINNER TIME!!!

Afterward we headed to dinner! It was here Sara decided to make her own fork out of the umbrellas they passed out! She actually ate her whole dinner picking her food up with the toothpick! :)

RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY!!!

Oh no! Just a couple hours away from the fire work show and it's starting to down pour again! This rain better stop!!! But while it's here...let's play!!!

It finally cleared enough to walk around the shops! As we did, we were sure to say hi to the paramedics that walked by! 

Wait! Is that who we think it is!?! It sure is! Oddly enough, a friend that lived on our block who I haven't seen in about 25 years was one of the paramedics we were saying hi to!  We sure got  a kick out of that one!

YUM!!!

Not a single one of us could have been happier for Lauren and Tyler! They found their new favorite frozen yogurt shop!!!

Since the rain had finally cleared, Grandpa decided to make his own!

FIREWORKS!!!

We were so excited that the show was about to start and there wasn't a rain drop coming from the skies to be seen!!!

Let the fireworks begin!!! Watching the kids watch the fireworks was one of the best moments ever! Their excitement, and absolute love for the moment that each firework blasted off, was simply priceless! It brought a smile from ear to ear across our face! And will always go down as one of my favorite memories!

Tyler started to chant USA! USA! USA! and actually got the crowd to follow! Classic and awesome in every way!

Such a fun filled crazy day!!! Definitely a 4th to remember! Thank you for celebrating it with us! We missed you Uncle Paul and Auntie Kelly!

SUNBATHING!

We spent our summer July days laying out by the pool! :)

THE BEACH!

We enjoyed spending some of our July nights watching the sun set at the beach!

BOB'S!

We got a couple AMAZING shirts from a pretty AMAZING restaurant, BOB-B-Q's, from our AMAZING Auntie Ally!!! Thank you Auntie Ally! We love them! And you!

TYLER'S BAPTISM!!!

We were so excited to attend Tyler's baptism!

Since he was a bit older, we were curious to see what he was going to do once the Blessed Water was poured over his head! The boy loved every second of it!

Tyler's Baptized!!! He did such a great job, and felt so very special since the day was just for him! As he should! He's a very special boy that we love so very much! Happy Baptism Tyler! We love you!

Family Photo Time!!!

Another delicious cake baked by our family baker, Auntie Lisa!!!

Beware boys! This girl is no joke! She means business! Hahaha!

Grandpa, Get Us!!! Grandpa, Get Us!!! Grandpa, Get Us!!!

American Girl dolls with my favorite girls!

MALL DAYS!

Mall days are fun days, so in July, we decided to have some more fun days!

SWIMMING!!!

We spent our days swimming! And splashing!

WATER PARKS!

We decided to try out some water parks that are in the area! It's pretty safe to say the kids could have spent all day here!

KIDS MENUS!!!

We did lots of coloring in the kids menus!

MOVIES!!!

One of our absolute favorite things to do...head to the movies!!! So that's just what we did! We saw lots...

and lots, of movies!!! The kids loved every minute of it!

SWIMMING!

Swimming just wasn't enough, so we did even more swimming!

MORE KIDS MENUS!

Not only did we color them, we made telescopes out of them!

GROCERY SHOPPING!

We spent lots of days being Mommy's big helpers when we'd go grocery shopping!

BOUNCE! BOUNCE! BOUNCE!

We spent of our days bouncing! And sliding! And bouncing!

SUNSETS

We pulled over to take some pictures of some beautiful sunsets! Which by the way, a camera can never capture just how beautiful they are!

SWIMMING!

Have I mentioned that we spent a lot of days swimming!?!?!

ARTS AND CRAFTS!

We did lots and lots of fun arts and crafts!

INSANITY!

Daddy spent the summer getting in shape! He started, and finished (way to go Daddy!!!), the Insanity work out program! Eric spent a lot of days working out beside him! While Sara did a great job running pretend water out to our sweaty boys!

FORTS!

Just like June, July brought some rainy afternoons! So just like June, we spent some afternoons hanging out in tents relaxing to some t.v.!

BEST FRIENDS!!!

We spent some car rides being best friends! Every now and then we like to prove to Mommy and Daddy that we can be best friends in the car instead of arguing over who's singing which part of what song!

DRUM CIRCLE!

We got together with some friends and headed to a drum circle! We spent our time throwing the football and mapping out some plays, building sand castles, and dancing to the beat of the drums!

Such a great night! As well as a great July!