Around Here

Collin and Reagan have had something fun going on every day of summer vacation so far.  Ahhh, to be a kid!  

Reagan swam at Courtney's house.

 Collin and Reagan both went fishing with Alex and James.  Reagan caught a HUGE fish.

 Landon and Karlie both slept over.  The boys slept in the basement, and the girls had the upstairs.

On the 4th of July, Tom ran in the town race.

 The rest of us hung out at Grandma's house to cheer on Tom and the other runners.  While we waited, this crew played games like Red Light, Green Light and Simon Says.

As soon as the race ended, the rain began.  It poured all day and night.

Luckily, the 5th of July was a beautiful day.  We went to two parties - Katie and Mike Quinn's graduation party and Joe Silvia's 4th of July bash.

I didn't take any pictures at the Quinns' party, but I do have a short video of Reagan doing her very first flips off the diving board into their pool.

I didn't really take many pictures at Joe's party either, but I did get pictures of Kate there with her first sparklers.

Kate was SO very excited about this purple glow bracelet.

I felt so bad for her this morning when she woke up all excited to wear her bracelet again.  She insisted I was giving her the wrong bracelet because it wasn't glowing.

Speaking of glowing, Collin hung out in the bouncy house with a bunch of kids and they were all glowing in the dark.  It was kind of cool!

As usual, Joe had an amazing fireworks display.  They were better than some of the "legit" fireworks displays we have attended.

It amazes me that fireworks like this are sold to the general public, even if you do have to buy them in New Hampshire (the "Live Free or Die" state).

The kids had a GREAT time at both parties!  This is how they looked when we got home: