4th of July Weekend

Let's talk about the July 4th weekend.  In a nutshell it was great!  Super busy, but lots of fun.

Saturday we had a family bbq at our place.  My dad cooked a brisket all day on Friday, and it was yummy.  We also had a ton of other food like chicken, potato salad, corn on the cob, and I made some fancy patriotic cupcakes.  Check out the pics below.

aren't they pretty? :)  tasty too

Here are some action shots of the afternoon.  A good time was had by all!

Chef Ted!

Michael showing off on his school bus.

Grandma's wanted to play too!

Isn't he cute :)

It was a long fun day!!

We did it all over again on Sunday with some friends, but I didn't take any pictures of that.

Monday was the actual 4th.  We got up in the morning and went to the local parade.  Michael had fun watching the floats and waving at everyone.  He really enjoyed the fire trucks and their loud sirens. It was so hot outside, everyone was melting, but that's what is expected in July in Houston!

We were lucky that we got to see the fireworks from our backyard that night.  Michael slept through the loud bangs and Tucker didn't bark!  It was not fun to get up for work the next day.

Speaking of Tucker, here's a shot of the little guy!