4th of July

Ok, so my neighbor has inspired me to a past and present 4th of July posting. Although, I am very disturbed at the very few pictures I took this year. Oh well. Anyways, here is what existed of the neighborhood kids 2 years ago. This was on our way over to the Basehor festivities. Every year we partake in the Basehor 4th of July parade, and sometimes the dinner, cake walk, moonwalk, band, etc. Then we all usually sit on Aron and Rachel's back deck and watch the highschool's display. In this picture Kade is 15 months old, Booker is 3 months old, Ava is 13 months old, Aidan is 2 1/2 years old, and Reese is 11 months old. Bodey, Addison and Cooper weren't even a thought in our minds... :)

This year mom was too cheap and lazy to buy 4th of July outfits so we just wore the only red, white and blue things in our closet. We're still cute though.

Here is Booker, Reese and Ava taking in the 4th. They all had different thoughts about the firecrackers. Reese was scared to death at first and then slightly warmed up to them. Booker thought they were pretty neat, especially if someone else cheered. Ava was absolutely fearless, until her big brother started to "protect" her from the fireworks. Then she acted like she was afraid of them and needed Aidan to cover her eyes. Kids...