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FOURTH of JULY

I absolutely love this holiday! I always forget how much I like it until it is actually here.

We got all dressed up in our patriotic gear

Then headed out to AZ Mills mall to see Cars 2. We weren't super impressed with it, it was alright. We had fun walking around the mall and then thought it would be really fun to try out the Rainforest Cafe.

Well that was a mistake because Audrey was terrified and looked like this whole time.
We then headed over to my parents for a BBQ.




I love this picture of Brandon and Jackson involved in a deep conversation.


Brandon was having the time of his life. He got soaked before I could get his swim diaper on him.






My sister in law, Amy, found some fun experiments online that kept us entertained. One of them was a smoke bomb drum. Andrew lit the smoke bomb in it and would pound it and it would puff out circles. It was cool.


The other experiment was putting dry ice and dish soap in a container with a vacuum hose.


It made these amazing bubbles that the kids could hold. They loved it. Cool, right?

Brandon couldn't get enough of it, he was so cute!

After my parents house we went home and all the neighbors in our cul-de-sac got together to do fireworks. It was a perfect day!

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dntbaker said…
That sounds so fun! I want to try those experiments too:) it seems like a perfect day!
July 30, 2011 at 8:50 AM
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