4th of July

I know, I know. It's July 22nd and I'm barely posting about the 4th. In my defense, despite feeling like I never do anything with friends anymore, I have been busy! When I'm not working, Rowan and Lima Bean Kids and the house keep me more than occupied. I feel like my days are very full.

Anyway, here are a few from our 4th. We all woke up early to go to the parade, then headed over to Kelly's parents to swim and eat. Justin had to work that night, so after lunch, Rowan and I headed home and took long naps, then headed over to watch fireworks with Jaclyn and Bryson.

early on. pre-rain, pre-sweat. {it rained on us for about 10 minutes. seemed like the rain cloud was directly over just us. it felt good while it lasted, but we got so hot afterwards}

the flag didn't last long. she got distracted by red vines. very typical.

rowan kept wanting {and succeeding a couple of times} to run into the street. she was very good at waving at people too.

post rain, nice and hot. rowan gets that really red face when she's really hot. runs in the family.

here are a couple from later on. rowan hasn't been the biggest fan of swimming pools this year (up until this past weekend in fact). she was more keen on jumping on the trampoline all by herself.

later on that evening, we watched fireworks. rowan didn't mind the smaller ones in the street, but got really freaked out with the big loud ones that launch in the sky. when they would boom, she would turn around and hug me really tight. can't complain about that!