Game central

“Throw some meat at me!” “Whoops, I threw my sword at you instead. Sorry!” Sigh, my boys are playing Minecraft together. I may never see either of them again. I’m having flashbacks to my college days and gamer boys.

“Oh no, my sword is broken. Now I’m punching a pig!”

Happy 4th of July… better late than never, right? Sometimes I wonder if it matters, but years later I know I’ll be happy to see the post. :)

We celebrated the 4th as we have the past few years, hanging out at home during the day then fireworks in town in the evening.

Eve, just hanging around. The branch fell a few minutes later, luckily when were feet were pointed down. I asked Alan to take the tree down. Sumac isn’t the strongest of tree!

The 4th was the day of the big wedding, so when I told the kids to pack for the fireworks Eve took the job seriously!

All packed up and ready to go.

Eve set up the wedding while Alan and Lex played frisbee. I took a few pictures then joined in the frisbee game! :)

The best part of the whole wedding was when Eve got all set up and then said, “Oh no!” As soon as she looked at me I had a vision of the two stuffed animals who were supposed to be getting married, laying on the dining room table. Oops! I suggested we have the wedding another day, but she said we’ll carry on without them and just skip to the cake part. :) She’s so go-with-the-flow!

Time for cake! Yum?

Look, Alan and I were there too. :)

A bit later we met up with some friends, and Mema and Grandpa Tom joined the group. We had a nice little fireworks party.

Two weeks into summer vacation and Eve was pretty happy to see a friend again. :)

Hard to believe that he is six months older than she is. :) It’s all about the genetics!

Lex likes to dance while eating ice cream. Real time calories.

Grandpa Tom tried Eve’s cake and even went back for a second bite! :)

Playing cards by the light of the glow sticks.

Two of the kids in our group were 5yrs old and witnessing their first fireworks. Their commentary was hilarious! I wish I could remember all of it, but here are a few lines: “It’s like popcorn! And bombs!” and “Mom, what happens if you eat them?” They would have been an excellent Kid Snippets soundtrack. :)

The obligatory fireworks pictures.  The show this year was fantastic!  It lasted a full hour and they even had enough for a spectacular finale!  Totally awesome.

So that was the 4th of July. I’m just a week late with my postings, but I spent most of that week at a conference learning cool teacher stuff.