4th of July

Fourth of July photo shoot

 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays because I love all the patriotism that comes out! I love all the red/white/blue and all the cute little outfits for the kiddos. I have trouble restraining myself and not buying every single patriotic one I see!

I wanted to take pictures of the kids in their adorable outfits, but as you can probably guess, one child was not too cooperative! I'll let you guess by looking at the pictures which child I'm talking about.

So here they are ----

She is such a little poser! Ahhh she kills me!

A little bummed that this was the only picture that turned out of the 2 of them, but I suppose 1 picture is better than nothing.

I had hoped that Will would sit still on the floor, but nope! So the only way I could get him to be still was to plop him up on the chair.

Aren't those outfits adorable!?!?!?

I caught him before he ran off!

Love my patriotic kiddos!

4th of July

We had fun this 4th of July but darn was it hot! What can I expect? It is the middle of summer in the midwest! Katelyn did some sparklers the night before and had a blast. She was pretty good and not the least bit scared.

 

Post had some festivities (car show, concert, petting zoo, etc) on the 4th. We went for a bit but the 100+ temperatures quickly ran us back home! The petting zoo was a let down and the car show wasn't much of a show. I could have put my suburban in and it might have won! It was so hot no one was interested in sticking around for long.

Poor Will sweating his tush off in his car seat!

Katelyn not happy because of the heat!

We came back to the house, the Hintz's came over and we smoked some burgers, had some more delicious food and then did a few fireworks before heading back to post to watch their fireworks show.

Will and his buddy David. They are 3.5 months apart.

Will watching the fireworks display in the front yard and pretty happy about it too!

 

The Hintz's had never done fireworks, not even the adults as kids. Boy have they been missing out ;) hehe. So, they were a little apprehensive (Mom was at least), but not Liam. He was ready to go and do it all! He did have a small mishap - while one of his sparklers was getting lit a spark dropped on his head and got a teeny tiny patch of hair! What a good thing to happen the first time! He wasn't scared, but his mom sure was! I think we about gave her a hard attack that night with the sparklers. Guess we'll see if she does them again next year :) Leave it to the Johannes' !

Liam and Katelyn taking a break

Katelyn and another of her best friends, Katy at the fireworks show on post.

The beautiful display!

I can't wait until next year when Will is big enough to do things and enjoy the beautifulness that the 4th of July brings! He may not be big enough for sparklers next year, but he'll love those things you throw on the ground that pop!

Fourth of July Part 2

On the 4th of July, Ft. Stewart had a big celebration during the day and a concert that night. Fantasia and the Zac Brown Band came!!! The activities during the day were great! Although it was hot out, everything was free! Tons of restaurants from Hinesville set up and there was free food everywhere - any kind you might like! We met Emmalyn and her parents there and the girls enjoyed the petting zoo and getting their faces painted.

Looking on at the animals in the petting zoo

Katelyn was pretty excited about her puppy balloon.
She placed with it for quite a while before it eventually came untied
but she still called it a puppy even though it looked more like a snake!

The girls with their pups!

When we headed over to the face painting tent, I was a little nervous!
I didn't think she'd sit still or even allow them to paint on her face.
Man was I wrong!
She sat sooo still for what seemed like FOREVER!
I thought this lady was NEVER going to finish!

At her first concert!
She was a great sport and lasted for the end of Fantasia and all but 15 minutes of the ZBB.
The fireworks were after the concert, so we headed back to the car a few minutes early and found a great parking spot and enjoyed the 30 minute firework show post put on!
I thought it was going to go on all night!
Katelyn enjoyed the "Booms" again!
She still asks to go see fireworks and Booms every once and a while!

I hope y'all had a great 4th!