Playing outside in the Sandbox

It is amazing how small the sandbox looks this year and how HUGE the boys look!!!!

July 6th Cookout

this cool moth was beside our door when we left for church this morning. I've never seen anything like it before- it was about 4 inches wide- Beautiful!
Jake above and Josh below with sparklers.
Jake watching fireworks with Byron.....
The boys with Granny and Grandma

the boys LOVE to hang out with Ashley. They fought over who got to sit the closest to her- silly boys! This tire swing used to belong to my brother and I when we were little so it is fun to see them having such a great time playing with it too!

Jake came down to join us at the scraphouse and he helped Ashley make some cards. he did a great job!


watching the fireworks and hanging out with Grandma Pat.
Since we were rained out on the 4th we decided to do our cookout and fireworks today since the weather was nice. Granny, Grandma Pat, Skip, Pokey, Byron and Ashley joined us for food and fireworks.

A rainy July 4th....

Well it rained out our July 4th plans so we improvised. We went to Fox's pizza den in Russellville and the boys had a blast playing games and they won these lovely Hillbilly Teeth! What a proud moment for Mom to capture forever! LOL!

Jake loves Skeeball!
Josh and Jake striking a pose!

they loved these cute patriotic socks that I got them and wanted to wear them every day. The only problem was- if you look closely at the pic above you will see- that they wanted them to be knee socks so they pulled the heel part halfway up their legs! They still thought they were stylin' though! lookin' good boys! ;)
Jake above and Josh cheezin' below....

their favorite thing to do lately- VIDEO GAMES!
It wasn't exactly what we had planned for the 4th. We planned to cookout and go to the Martin Homeplace for fireworks but the boys probably had more fun going this route anyway! ;)

cool pic

Hey Pokey- what do you think? LOL! :)

Fireworks!

We went to Aunt Terra's to watch the fireworks from the high school. Grandma Pat, Skip, Pokey, Granny, Josh, Jake, Frank and I were there. Diane and Wade were out in their yard and we all watched together. The boys spent more time fighting over an old tricycle than they did watching the fireworks!

a fun day at home....

Josh being silly. Jake daydreaming and looking at the clouds.

Josh in the front, Jake in the back....

Jake in the front, Josh in the back.... loving the pool!

What a fun way to kick off July- The FAIR!

The boys rode anything they would let them on.... over and over again!

The boys riding with Chloe from Cubbies. Jake and Chloe were holding hands on some of the rides.
what goes up must come down- REALLY FAST!

this pic is them smiling before the ride!

Riding in the cars with Hayden.... in the tilt a whirl with Dad
Getting on the ferris wheel with Ashley and Elizabeth. The boys couldn't believe that Ashley had never been to the fair before- they wanted to show her everything! lol!