4th of July

We went to my parents for the holiday weekend and for Bridon's (that is my brother's new baby boy) Blessing. We had a wonderful time and really enjoyed our time spent with family. Friday morning we went to a parade (which I forgot my camera). Then had a great BBQ with the family and lit off tons of fireworks that night. Saturday afternoon we hiked to Jump Creek, ate a picnic lunch and swam in the little lake made by the waterfall. The picture below is of Sam, Seth, Natalie and Maria that hiked to the top of big rock.

This my sister Natalie with Sarah and Kathryn and Sam hanging out with Luke.

They had a little cave by the lake and it was such a nice shady spot that most of hung out there the whole time. This is Kathryn hanging out with Uncle Ben, Bentley and Bridon.

My mom with Bentley. Bentley is attached to my mom like nothin' I have ever seen. It is hilarious. He calls her "pomma" and has to be with her all the time.

Friday afternoon we also played on the slip-n-slide. The girls loved it and so did Luke as long as he didn't get wet.

Seth wouldn't touch the water. He just wanted to stand on this rock and watch. Funny boy! Everybody when they were done slipping and sliding :)

One of Luke's favorite things to do was get into every drawer possible in my mom's kitchen, which is quite a few more than at our house. He loved taking everything out and then trying to put it back in.

Satuday evening we played a very fun game of softball with my sister-in-laws family. Seth and Sarah even played and hit the ball on their own. Sunday we went to the blessing and had a family dinner after, which happened to be Seth's birthday. Seth thought it was awesome because Maria made Hawaiin Haystacks (which is Seth's favorite meal) and had a oreo cake.