4th of July

I love the 4th of July. Patriotism, fireworks, and good food...what's not to love?
This year we had a bbq at our house and then went to the park to watch some fireworks. Dave smoked some brisket in our smoker and it was fabulous. He woke up at 5 am to start smoking it, and it was well worth his sacrifice (easy for me to say...I was sound asleep!). He smoked about 10 pounds and the 8 adults ate all but about 5 bites of it (the kids had hot dogs). It was a fun night!

My 4th of July kids.  I laid out a blue shirt for Joshua to wear, but he has a mind of his own when it comes to his fashion, and he wanted to wear this shirt that day.

Flashback:
Here is Joshua wearing the same outfit when he was 4 months old.
7.4.2008. Dave was in Tonga for 10 days doing dental work.

Fireworks

Julia, Leah, Audrey, Claire, Zeb and Hallie

Jon, Ian, Shaunna & Liddia

Brian, Ali and the twin train (Brody and Mason, maybe not in that order)

Seeing the first fireworks

Soooo excited! 

Austin started out sleeping...

but woke up to enjoy the show. He just laid there and watched.

Happy 4th!