Happy Birthday America!!

Our fourth of July week-end was CRAZY, FUN, and BUSY!! Mackenzie and I started the three day holiday week-end by getting up early to make a cake for Zach (my Recon Marine Nephew). To read about the details of the cake and see some pics, click here. After the cake was finished, we played a few rounds of Candyland (Mackenzie won each time - I think she stacked the deck!), and then watched a bit of the movie "Enchanted". Mackenzie decided that she needed a prince to dance with, and volunteered Matt for the job.

After Mackenzie and I each had a long nap, we headed over to Matt's parent's house to celebrate America's B-day and Zach being home. Here was the festive setting that we encounted on our arrival. . .

Mackenzie and Carter both had awesome hair-dos for the occasion. . .


Even Aiden was dressed for the occasion (showed here with his Uncle Zach). . .

After a most delicious lunch we headed down to the lake for a swim. . .



After the swim, it was time to play some games. . .a little baseball anyone???

After the games it was time for some cake. . .and some posing from Mackenzie. The cake is what you see blurred in the foreground. . .

After we satisfied our sweet-tooth, we headed to the local fireworks stand to get some sparklers. . .



And last, but not least, we watched the fireworks! And that was just on FRIDAY!!! What a day!!!