Happy 4th!

We had a very fun Fourth of July this year!

We started off with the annual pancake breakfast at the church.  Scott went early to cook pancakes and Alan went with him.  I guess he was quite the pancake flipper!

After the breakfast we went down to the town common for some family fun.

They had mini golf, a bounce house, hot dogs, balloon hats (or swords in our case;)  The boys had a blast.

They had some of these little games.  Good thing there wasn't a line for this one, because the boys kind of took it over.

James could have done this all day. 

It was a pretty hot day, but we got some yard work done as well as some swimming time afterwords.  Here I am giving the riding lawn mower a try.  It was fine...but we'll leave it for Scott. :)

The boys each got to pick a special treat to bring to the fire works.  James was pretty excited about the McQueen fruit snacks.

Waiting for the fireworks.

Alan did not want to go.  He sat like this for most of the time but he wasn't screaming or crying, which was a major improvement.  And he really did like watching them.  Afterwords he said that he liked watching all the pretty colors, but did not like the loud noise.

James on the other hand was terrified.  He didn't cry, but he buried himself in our laps or chest and we could not pry him away.  When we would try to turn him around he would be all clenched up with his eyes shut.  I honestly don't think he saw a single one.  He kept saying things like...no boom...loud...scary.  The minute they got over he sprung up and said "a boom.  a fun."  Such a funny guy.

Despite the super hot day, it was so fun to be able to spend time together as a family!  Happy 4th!