Monday, July 7, 2008

Celebrating the 4th!

The parade was a bit loud for Ella!
Candy= Happiness
A very beautiful and large snake!
Annabelle's paint of choice
Our neighborhood fireworks....not too shabby!

We had a pretty great day beginning with the Ridgefield parade with Aunt Andi and the Millers (which resulted in a bag full of candy for each child), a picnic at a Ridgefield park, a fun reptile show, face painting, bounce houses, sugar crash in the car, and then home for a nap! Then of course when it got dark, we (Chris, Annabelle and I...Ella was fast asleep!) ventured out to the small park behind our house and watched some of the nearby fireworks shows, then went back inside to watch the big Fort Vancouver foreworks show on T.V. with the lights out. Annabelle thoroughly enjoyed every moment of this day and lasted until 10:30 when she fell asleep on our laps on the couch, and our little early riser was still up and at 'em at 7 am!

7 comments:

bobbi jo said...

so fun for the fam! Amber, I got your VM yesterday on the return trip from Seattle and feel like the worst friend/borrower of best-game-ever EVER! when can i bring it to you?

Dana said...

first of all, your pictures are amazing! someone is a great photographer! and what a really fun day. just seeing all the girls sitting down at the parade together is so crazy to me. when we left, all the kiddos were so little, and now that they are getting big- we are really missing out! glad you had such an amazing day.

The Toms said...

dont' you just wish that after such a fun and taxing day that they would at least sleep in the following day! it looks like fun was had by all. i agree with candace great pics.

PY said...

i also wanted to say great pics!
what a lovely family you have. mm.
so cute. -jodie

Chris and Amber said...

Thanks for all the comments ladies! And the photography is usually shared between Chris and I, but he did do the fireworks picture...he knows how to use the aperture settings better than I!

Misty and Matt said...

Love the firework picture! Must be nice living in WA now. Kylie was scared of the fireworks as you can imagine when they woke her up. Looking forward to the days of fun parades with her!

annabell said...

Amber your little girls are getting so big! It has been so long since I have seen them! Absolutely beautiful! I would love to get together with you sometime this summer for a cup of coffee and a chat! Hope your family is well.