We started the morning with the flag raising at church. We got there five minutes late and had already missed the actual raising of the flag! We enjoyed seeing our friends and eating some cinnamon rolls, though.
After the flag raising, I took some pictures of my cuties in their festive outfits. I tried to get one of them all together. Sadly, this is the best I got!
Aria was cute and smiley for her pictures.
I told Ellie to give me a pose and this is what she gave me...
... so then Ben showed her how to put her hands on her hips.
I tried to get one of the girls together and it didn't go so well!
I did get one, though.
Asher wanted his picture taken with Aria, too.
In the afternoon, we went to a BBQ with friends which was fun. That night, we debated about going to fireworks. It's hard to want to keep the kids up so late! In the end, we decided to just go for it. We went up to the golf course this year and the view was amazing!! (That's Lake Washington with Mercer Island in the middle... and Seattle off in the distance.)
Ellie insisted on wearing her sunglasses even though it was after 9:00 at night.
This was our spot for the fireworks:
It was a really cool spot because we could see fireworks going off all over, as far as the eye could see! This video doesn't do it justice, but you get the idea.
Other stuff from this week...
Ellie used her birthday money this week. She chose this broom and has been using all her free time to sweep the kitchen floor ever since.
This week was the end of an era at our house..... the salt water fish tank era to be exact. Ben cleaned out and took down his whole fish tank setup this week. I never thought I'd see the day that this happened.
Saturday evening walk...
Playing with Daddy
Bookworm
Crazy drivers!
Aria was staring me down while I was eating my lunch the other day, so I handed her one of my apple slices to see what she'd do. You would have thought it was a lollly pop the way she licked and licked that thing. She loved it!
