4th of July celebrations...

Our fourth of July celebrations deserve a post in and of themselves. We had a jam packed day and LOTS of fun! Of course, my mother-in-law went all out to make it extra special and of course, I am over a month behind in posting about it! :)

We started off the day swimming. (the pool that we got kicked out of, even though my Mother in law was a member of the club-we won't get into that right now!) We had SO much fun. All of Ben's siblings were there and all of our nieces and nephews-that's 24 Pypers!! We had a great time! :)

Tucker was a little fish down there, the loved the water and was swimming away with his floaties on!

Here is Ben doing a flip...he needs to get more height, he kept on landing on his back! ouch!

Tucker wanted to jump in, just like his daddy, so Ben kind of threw him in and he loved it! I wish I could get him to swim this good when we go to the water park up here!

After swimming, we came home and had a little birthday party for two of our nephews with June birthdays. While we were swimming, grandma decked the house in red, white and blue!

All of the cousins eating some delicious cake and home made ice-cream for lunch! :) It doesn't get better than that!

Tucker just dug right in and went to town on the frosting-that's my boy!

We then headed outside for pinata time! That was a big HIT! (pun intended. I know... I'm funny!)

The birthday boys getting first whacks at it...

And finally, the loot...

Uncle Ryley finishing off the pinata once and for all...

Aunt Meg & Meribeth helping kids with all the candy and toys...

Jonah and his bubbles, he LOVES bubbles! :)

After the pinata it was too hot to stay outside, so the kids watched a flick while we got the food ready! I can't believe how we are all starting to fill this house up so fast! :)

Ben and his dad grilling for our delicious BBQ...

Grandpa and his coke zero!

After our BBQ we had a 4th of July parade around grandma & grandpa's house.

Tucker and Jonah getting ready for the parade...

Aunt Meri has her parade-mobile all ready... :)

Waiting for the parade to begin...

Laura & her kids...

Lynlee & her kids...

Terra & Teddy...

Tuck & I...

After some mishaps with the other riding machines, they all decided to pile into the wagon and be pulled by the tractor...

And they finally finished around the other side of the house...it was quite the adventure! :)

Josh pulling Tucker...

Tucker pulling Josh...

And then the water balloons came out and it was WAR! Ben against all of us... It was a pretty easy victory for us, except for the fact that Ben got on the roof with the hose, so we all got drenched! :)

And finally, after all of us getting soaking wet, we went out to the culd-e-sac and had a little firework show of our own, put on by our very own Uncle Ben! :)

It was a great day and we were so happy that we got to celebrate our country and freedoms with the ones we love!