4th of July Fun~~BBQ!~


We had a wonderful 4th of July weekend here!~


Nana, Pappy, Brads brother and his dog all came down to stay for the weekend. Bryan (Brads brother) brought his camper to show us, and the kids were blown away by it. They were even allowed to sleep Sat and Sun night in it! :) Of course they both asked if we could keep it~lol


On Sat, we decided at the very last minute to have a lil BBQ...well...that quickly turned into a mini family reunion for Brad who got to see some cousins he has not seen in about 9 years. It turned out to be a blast and we had quite the crowd!~ I think there were about 15 people here!!

Nana, Pappy, Bryan, Maybn, Bill, Brian H, Kathy, 2 teenage girls, 1 middle school boy (belonging to Kathy), Scott, his wife Katy, their son Ryne, Jimmy, and his wife...plus us 4 :)...


It went great though and was tons of fun. We lit off SO many fireworks...it was ridiculous. And they weren't the little pansy ones either~ :) lol...

Anyway, here are a few pictures and video from the weekend... HUGE thanks to FAMILY and FRIENDS that made it so special by driving SO FAR to come!~ You rock!~


P.S. There are a few pictures on here that tell a story...with a one word ending....FAILED.


The diva waiting for Nana and Pappy to get here...


I kid younot when I say she chose the poses and asked me to take the pictures. I am in SUCH trouble...



The goobers...

Out and about...



Brian and Bryan chit chatting..:) (actually more like plotting)

Brads cousin Jimmy..

Bill.....

Nana...She is so awesome! :) A HUGE thank you to her for all the help!~

Sweet Maybyn...LOVE her! :)

The boys waiting for Brad to turn the water back on so they can dump a bucket on him from the 2nd floor...(told you they were plotting)...

The view from where he was hit...

The kids playing in the water...

love this girl...

Bryan waiting to ambush me....

To bad I quickly caught on and stopped in my tracks after being SO nice as to do a beer run..and this was my reward....so I sat there (ON their beer)..and enjoyed a cold Smirnoff...

I dont know WHERE he is hiding....but I can sit here as long as it takes...its your beer! lol

Then they sic Cooper on me....

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3 balloons! talented



Uncle Bryan...the instigator...

Pappy enjoying the outdoors in our driveway under Uncle Bryans Camper...

LOL...nice one babe...

Look how strong I am....

Stop Uncle Bryan...you are so NOT funny!~

Love this boy!~

Bug getting ready to throw the sack for Cornhole...

Nana decided to give it a try...

The bubble blower...

Cooper in the woods near the house...

Nana and the Drama Mama...

This year instead of going to the fireworks..we decided to have our very own show here..and thanks to Uncle Josh who drove all the way to PA to get them..we had SOOOOO much fun! And we didnt hit any traffic! :) lol

Enjoy the video below...

Our firework finale...such a FUN day/weekend ALL AROUND!!!...


I love my friends and family....I am SOOOO blessed!!!!!~

More 4th pics and such....

I don't think I have mentioned it yet, but I have decided to watch a little girl I'll call Angelina Ballerina. She is 14 months old and ADORABLE!!! I was supposed to have her 3 days a week, but have had her every day of the week since she fits right in and her parents are thrilled with how happy she is here. We love her already! :) And YES, they have given me permission to post about her...(I wasn't going to, but I mentioned my blog and she said she thought that was great and she didn't mind at all)...woot woot

ANYWAY...

After she was picked up on the 4th we decided to head to Southern Pines for a 4th of July fest...

Here are a few pic's from that..

Here is Bug....he is ALL red, white and blue...(:P)...


Let's get a walkin'....we had to park aways away!


Here we are a walkin'.....


Drama Mama having a BLAST in the blow up jumper..


They also had a HUGE playground...


All tuckered out!......on our way home...


Then on Sun. we went to the N.C zoo again...


Lollipop anyone?..


I love how pink her cheeks are here...and check out her sticker..if that isn't the truth I don't know what is! :)


Ar ar ar....


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Then Daddy decided Bug needed a way cool ramp to run his cars off of....here they are building it together (with old material)...



Giving it a go....



And last but not least....Daddy decided to finally put up the swing that Grandpa got Drama Mama a while back....


Daddy's little helper.....


Wheeeeeee.......


And then decided he needed to make Bug one of his own....

It was pretty awesome!.....Here they both are... ( :>)

Here is Drama Mama pushing Angelina Ballerina....(well, maybe she is trying to pull her out...she was adamant that it was HER swing)...the turkey.

Mom, this is the flower (there are actually 3 of them) I was talking about!! It is GORGEOUS....the brown spots are so bright against the orange and it hangs UPSIDE down!! :P

LASTLY.....

These are a few video's for Popo....I thought she would get a kick out of it....

Here is Drama Mama singing her ABC's.....you may have to turn up your volume though...LOL...

And then....

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Miss you guys!~TTFN!~