4th of July

For the third year in a row, our church has participated in a Chili Cook-off on the 4th of July in Palo Alto.  Last year Wes took the girls so I could stay home and rest (I was sick and pregnant with Adele).  This year, I took the girls with Grandma Chris so Wes could work installing our new patio.

Grandma got the girls some fun festive outfits!

It was a hot day, so first we enjoyed some time playing in the water at the park.

The big girls also got their hair all fancied up at a Snip It's booth.





We hung out with people at the church booth, while Grandma went to get us lunch.  The food lines were soooo long, she took almost an hour to come back....I thought almost lost Grandma.  But she faithfully returned and we enjoyed lunch in the shade.


We got fun stuff from the fire fighter booth next door.


And finally, before heading home for some VERY late naps...we stopped for the long awaited snow cones. Emeline was a little grumpy at that point, so didn't want her picture taken.  Just a picture of her snow cone.

Kate didn't mind ;)



We came home for naps, and while the big girls took giant late naps, the little one didn't want to sleep at all.  I was very tired, and was hoping for a nap, but instead, I got this:

We were going to go to a friend's BBQ and perhaps see some fireworks, but after very late naps and still overtired tantruming kids, we opted to stay home to try to be more mellow.  My uncle had procured some "fun things" for us, so we enjoyed our own festivities on the half finished patio.

The big girls were super excited!

Even Adele liked to watch the bright lights.

Special times with Papa!