Fun on the 4th!

We had a very fun 4th of July weekend. Friday afternoon we headed to Ohio to celebrate the 4th with Joe's family. We got there in the afternoon and Joe got in and let the kids swim a little, but being so overcast and cool the water was pretty cold so they didn't last too long. I went to the outlet malls (I can't be that close and not hit them up) and did a little shopping by myself which is always great!

Joe and his parents took the kids to Youngs Dairy Farm for ice cream and to let them play some. Here are the kids on a huge slide there that they really liked.










Josie wasn't tall enough this time but I am sure would have been all over taking a turn if we would have let her!

Saturday morning we just hung out at the house and let the kids play, Owen and Josie napped since they had gotten up so early which was great. Since Owen and Josie with no nap is not a lot of fun! Joe's family came that afternoon for a cookout and it was so nice to get to see everyone. Maggie loved Joe's cousins Maria and Michelle and enjoyed coloring and playing with them. (I didn't get a pic of Maria with her, but she is equally as pretty!)










They kept the kids quite entertained, and probably vise versa as well. Isaac taught me to play a new card game which was alot of fun and Joe's Aunt Sharon and I, who had never played before, were on a team and won! And now I can't even remember the name of the game.....maybe Kilts???? Anyhow, it was a lot of fun. The kids had alot of fun just running around and getting lots of attention. Debbie had gotten Maggie a new coloring book of princesses that Maggie loved so she spent a lot of her time picking out pictures and having all of us color with her. Josie was pretty fussy all weekend and on our way home today we found out why. She has her 2 bottom eye teeth coming in. She spent a great deal of the weekend with her hands in her mouth.




















And here is her favorite face to make. Joe and I think it is sooo cute. She's been doing this for awhile but now it seems to be about everything she see's. Not sure what she was OoOOOHing about here, maybe the grill or swing?











We headed back home this morning and got home about lunchtime. I fed the kids and told Joe I was going to nap as I was exhausted. I slept until about 4 or so and then Joe went off to golf. On the way home we were asking Owen about his up and coming birthday party and verifying that he did in fact want a Wow Wow Wubbzy party. All of a sudden he says, Noooo, I really just want to have my party at Kings Island! We tell him he can't have it there so he says, Okay...then at Disney World. Joe tells him u have to fly to Disney and how would everyone get there, to which he says, "Daddy, just get a big plane and we can all go." Ahhhhh, maybe we need to teach them a little something about money. :) Anyhow, we had a great weekend, although it went very fast....
here are a few more pictures.
Uncle Isaac pushing Owen on the tire swing

















I stole these pictures off of my cousin Lori's facebook. Here is Mom and Dad on the 4th of July up at PK and Jim's camp 4-wheeling. How cute are they!