Ode to the Red, White and Blue 2009

I was going to make this a wordless Wednesday but I couldn't resist captioning some of this photos.

Here are the kids and before before making the trek to my brother's house on the 4th:

Jake with his cousins Madison and Ethan. You will find a lot of pictures of the three of them. Jadyn is excluded because she is growing increasingly uncooperative for pictures:

My mom and I in the mad hatter 4th of July hats:

In case you can't read it, Jadyn's t-shirt says "Daddy's Little Firecracker" and this could not be more true of her little personality:

I do not even know what to say about this one. I would like to say Joe was just being funny but I also know how many beers he drank that night:

Me and my lil guy:

Getting ready to watch the fireworks:

So excited to do sparklers after the big firework show at the park:

My sister in-law Tawnya and I enjoying some mudslides and showing off our patriotic pride:

Trying to get Joe to do the same but not getting very far:

No hat, but that is a genuine smile showing he was a good sport about it: