4th of July Fun

We went to the Vickers' Fourth of July Parade again this year. Last year, I was super pregnant with Abby and Clay had the job of carrying Cody around the whole time. This year, we borrowed a wagon and loaded up the kids for a roll around the block...much better! The Evangelistas joined us and Cody was happy that Mackenzie was able to be with him during the parade.














After the parade around the neighborhood, we played games in the backyard. Tracy and I did a two-man balloon race and another balloon game with fly swatters. We sat out on the water balloon toss and the blueberry contest. Abby participated in the watermelon eating contest. She did pretty good, but couldn't finish it all.














We also made a quick visit with Granddad and Mamaw. Heath and Willow were visiting, so we tried to get some pictures of all of the cousins together. Martha Ann & I took turns taking pictures and holding the kids...then we got Lee involved. After several attempts, we realized that the likelihood of getting all of the kids to sit still long enough for a picture, wasn't going to happen. Willow was posing pretty well, but Heath was making faces, Cody wanted to play with a dog statue, Abby just wanted to go for a walk. Lee tried to wrangle them, but it was like herding cats. I included one of the outtakes below.



















One last stop before going home....we went by our friend Pam's house for a quick visit. Cody & Abby had a great time and I got to finally see inside her new home. Yeah Hourihans!!!