Pictures & Our 4th of July!

Here are the pictures I promised. Sorry there are a lot, not as many of Nathan as I would like because my camera was having issues for a while, but it's better than nothing.

This was when Nathan was 2 weeks old, he wasn't very happy with me.

This was taken right after his 2 week check up.....
This picture of Johnny was actually taken a week or 2 before Nathan was born, things have been so crazy, I don't remember if I've already posted it or not. We were having spaghetti & he loved it!

Johnny likes to do these weird faces when I tell him to smile lately....

This was taken when Nathan was 3 weeks old, they were both crying & screaming & I thought I should take a picture because maybe 10 years from now it'll make me laugh....we'll see.....

This was at Davie's family reunion, we all played "Rock Band" & Davie & his cousin were the singers....

We were down visiting my Dad for Father's Day & Johnny started wearing this wig, he looks so hilarious!

Nathan sleeping away, I think this was at 4 weeks.

Johnny getting ready to do his first sparkler, (don't worry, this was done under very close adult supervision...)

Nathan, 5 1/2 weeks, we've realized that he was my dad's eyebrows, you can kind of see in this picture, I have some on my phone where you can really tell, I'll upload them soon.

For the 4th of July we went to my dad's house. I somehow got put in charge of planning everything, so I thought it'd be fun to do what we did last year. Ben and Charity and their kids came up friday night and we started getting everything ready. Charity, Emily, and I made the food for the next day while the guys bathed kids and did fireworks for them outside. We got up early on the 4th, well, everyone but me, and went to the Clearfield parade. Johnny loved it because he got candy and ate a bunch, something I usually wouldn't let him do. As soon as the parade was over we went home and packed up the vans and headed to Huntsville and Pineview Lake. The lake was full when we got there so we went to the park for lunch. Johnny got a frisbee at the parade and he and his cousins played frisbee with Grandpa while we were at the park. This nice cop, (I know, unusual) let us into the lake because he remembered us from earlier and had told us we could get in in an hour. I kind of felt bad because there was a huge line of cars waiting to go and we passed them all. Oh well! The kids starting swimming right away, and Davie and Dad blew up their raft/paddle boats. I ended up sitting in the shade a lot with Nathan since he's still so young, but I think he enjoyed being outside. Johnny had tons of fun swimming and riding in the boat. I went out a couple times in the boat with Davie, and while we were out one time we actually got pulled over, on the lake! I didn't even know they could do that! I saw the police boat go by and said something about how it'd be funny if they pulled people over, next thing I knew they had lights flashing and they were coming for us! I started laughing, I asked Davie if we were breaking the speed limit in our little blow up boat. Turns out they were bothered that Davie wasn't wearing a life jacket, I'm not sure they can even really do anything about it other than say something, but it was pretty funny. After talking to us they turned their lights back on and went after my brother Ben, also not wearing a life jacket.

Anyways, we had a lot of fun at the lake! We left a little earlier than last year so we could go get cleaned up for the fireworks. We found the perfect spot to watch them, I was so excited that Johnny was awake this year, last year he slept the whole time. Charity brought little glow sticks for the kids to play with, which turned into a lifesaver while waiting for the fireworks to start. Johnny liked the fireworks but I think he was a little bit more excited about his glow stick. It was a great day though, and lots of fun hanging out with family.

Nathan chilling in the shade at the beach.

Johnny loved wearing his life jacket and playing in the sand.

I don't remember taking this picture, but I thought it was cute.

Johnny and Cecilia were together almost the whole weekend, I love that he has cousins close to his age!

Nathan just relaxing again.

Everytime I told Johnny to smile he did something weird....I think he thinks he's funny.

Julia drying off, I love her pretty eyes!

Johnny being a monkey again when I asked him to smile.

Always together....

Stephen giving me a weird look, why won't anyone smile for me?

Davie and I hanging out.

This was the first time he smiled for me all day.

Look behind us!

Emily and I being goofy, we realized we can't do those kissy pictures everybody does without laughing and looking retarded!

Grandpa playing with Julia.

The second smile of the day, right as we're heading home...

Johnny watching the fireworks and playing with his glow stick.

Ben and his kids watching the fireworks.

And......Nathan slept through the fireworks! Which is better than screaming, so I'm ok with that.