Happy 4th of July!!

Our fourth of July celebration started a week early!  They had a huge "festival" on base with carnival rides, food, and even a soap box car race.  Taylor got to take her friend Kate, who is British, so she had obviously never celebrated the 4th of July, but they had a GREAT TIME!!!  She said even after we move, she is going to ask her parents if they can celebrate the 4th from now on!  LOL

Kennady LOVED the go carts!  As for he driving skills, lets just say I'm glad she is no where near 16!    She would be driving along then see Bill and I and start waving, then as we were yelling WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GOING she would crash right into the barrier or another inocent go carter. LOL

This was the first ride Taylor and Kate went on.  They made it flip one complete time and their faces were priceless!

Kennady wasn't very happy that she was too little for the ride pictured above.

The fun house.  I think Kennady went through this at least 1000 times.  There was never a line so she would just go in and out over and over and over.

Taylor and Kate were great and took Kennady on several rides with them.

And we cant forget the cutest little boys in the whole park!!

They even made some new friends at the duck pond.

The girls got their faces painted!

Kennady asked to be a princess.

And Taylor and Kate chose hearts.

There were all sorts of arts and crafts for the kids in this tent!

And since it was raining we finished off the day watching fireworks in the car.  Bryson and Jayden LOVED it!  They just stared out he windows in amazement!

In between the festival and the fireworks we came home to watch the football (soccer) game and let the kids play outside for a while.  Jayden just sat in this chair most of the time!

Although we had a great time celebrating the 4th of July, on the 23 of June, our real 4th was kindof boring.  Honestly, we did nothing!  I wish the base was able to do their celebration on the actual day, but due to protestors (yes we have people protesting at the base gate all the time) they have to schedule it for a different day every year! :(