Happy Birthday USA

We had a quiet and relaxing July 4th weekend and had a lot of family time. A lot of friends and neighbors were out of town so we had some fun family outings and of course put on our festive red, white and blue for the big day.
We went to the YMCA pool together on Saturday morning. Ella and I have been a bunch during the week and telling Mike how much it was so he wanted to check it out for himself. It was perfect because we practically had the pool to ourselves when we arrived.

This pool is so great because there is graduated entry splash area, small slides for little kids and big slides for big kids or Mike!

Ella doesn't love getting the water dumped on her head but she loves walking around the splash area filling up her watering can or letting the water fall on her hands or feet. She even got brave at the end of the day and went down the small slides. And when the sun got in her eyes, she got to wear Daddy's sunglasses!

The rest of the weekend was spent at the multiple trips to the park, playing in the pool in the yard and helping Mommy and Daddy water our vegetables. I am not a green thumb by any means but this year, our vegetables and herbs are actually doing well. We are growing large tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, banana peppers, jalapeno peppers and mint. All of the vegetables have been so good, we eat the cherry tomatoes right off the vine and they are so sweet and yummy.

I think this was our first July 4th we have spent at home in the 12 years we have known each other, we couldn't remember another one we spent at home and we definitely missed seeing our friends and family but sometimes it is nice to have a relaxing weekend. Unfortunately the fireworks went off close to 10pm and Ella was fast asleep but maybe next year she can make it up late enough to take it in.