Our 4th of July!

I love Fireworks! To me... I need to see a Fireworks display or at least some 'sparklers' as part of my Fourth of July celebration! Now... the traffic jams AFTER the fireworks are the pits--- so....
We got our camp chairs and camped out at the police station (1/2 mile from where they were shooting off the fireworks)! Jordan read a book while we waited, Josh and Jillian fought over who got to hold the flag!-- This was Josh's turn as you can see!
OOOOOOOO---AAAAAAAHHHHHHH! We were so excited when it began-- my camera didn't do them justice!
We got on our feet and walked over to peek around the building to get a better view!
Here is Jilly watching the display-- It's her turn with the Flag-- and she was holding it HIGH!! :)
GROUP SHOT! They were NOT enthused as you can tell! haha
Here is ALL American Girl Jillian McKay Agua Fria!! as we love to call her!
All American Girl Jordan with her sidebangs!
It was fun and patriotic-- It was actually the 3rd of July but on the 4th we got together for some BBQ and Pool Fun with our great friends The Boyds and Miller families-- and some extended family of the Boyds-- We had a Volleyball Tournament-- Adults only while the kids were all banned to the Hot Tub-- they played Hide and Seek around us while we played Vball--

I was right to insist we go to the Fireworks the night before because we could HEAR the booms from the fireworks nearby but couldn't see anything. The only thing I missed was singing the National Anthem with a big group of Americans-- I really LOVE this country we live in-- I always get a tight chest and feelings of pride and gratitude when we STAND and SING!!

It was a wonderful 4th of July weekend all and all!

It's been awhile!

Sorry I haven't updated our family blog for awhile. While the facebook bug has bit me.... it's more like, I just haven't felt like going through the effort of learning to blog from my laptop versus my old desktop which happened to die in a thunderstorm about a month ago. On my old desktop I was able to easily and effortlessly upload pics from my camera straight to my hard drive and also straight to Shutterfly simultaneously! I think I figured out how to do all that on my laptop---

So, Here I am FINALLY blogging! so what's been happening with us???

There has been tons of stuff--like weddings, school parties, summer splashing etc etc! But here is a fun update-- Jordan's Volleyball team... THE BLUE THUNDER (yes, I know they should be called The "Teal" Thunder!) got 2nd place in their division!! Dave and another dad were the coaches! I loved it that Dave was Jordan's coach! He was funny to watch as he learned to deal with 'girls' in a competitive setting! haha! Girls scream a lot!

Here is the team posing silly!
and... Here is one more shot that isn't blurry! The Blue Thunder is playing every Friday night in July for a fun Summer league-- They are undefeated so far!! Dave is a hilarious to watch-- He yells in a totally obnoxious voice--- "LET'S PLAY SOME VOLLEYBALL!!" like 2 times before each match-- I always giggle and I look at Jordan's face and she always says-- "DAD!"
Here is some Backyard Summer Fun! Wish we had a pool-- but the hose is always a fun standby! Jillian got a cute haircut as you can see-- She even has bangs!
They took turns spraying each other and they ran around the backyard dodging fireants!
They just love to spray and be sprayed!! LOL
well-- I hope there won't be a long hi etas of no blogging for me-- I have lots of fun wedding pics from both Dave's brother Mike's wedding and our Beautiful niece Savannah's wedding!

I have to admit-- It feels good to blog-- Someday, like when my kids are grown-- I'll be so happy I blogged all this stuff! LOL