Happy Fourth!

Whew, it had to be the hottest day we have ever remembered it being on July 4th, and definitely the hottest day of the summer so far. Nineties and HUUUUUMID. It felt a little off to be celebrating the holiday during the middle of the week on a Wednesday, but we still took advantage of the day off and did what anyone else would do - boat, go to the beach and BBQ with family! It was so hot, that instead of people taking their boats out on the water, we think everyone just stayed indoors. It might've been too hot for people to go boating because there were so few boats in the river, at the beach and on the lake. Imagine that???

The heat didn't stop us! We went by boat to the Jo's condo and had a great beach day, playing in the water, tubing, and cookout with 17 friends and family members. Kayla even went on her FIRST inter tube ride behind the boat - and loved it! It was so cute!

First, we kicked off the Fourth of July the night before with a fireworks tribute to America. It's an understatement to say that Daddy loves his fireworks! We stayed a safe distance away on our patio and made him stay a safe distance, too, in our neighbor's yard. Thanks to Mitchell, we had another pyrotechnician this year to help with our wagon full of explosives.

The pre-Fourth of July party with ice-cream cones and fireworks

(Notice everyone's wearing their nametags Kayla created for us)

 Chef Daddy

 Our lovely nametag creator

 We even got TWO nametags to wear! I think I'm also wearing one of Tikky's nametags.

 The arsenal

 Happy Fourth from the water!

Khloe's standard perch on the boat