Independence Day

behind Christmas, the 4th of july is my favorite holiday. i love fireworks, particularity the loud ones that jilt your insides. i love the smell. i love the time with friends and family. i love the celebration of this country. i love it all. we were able to enjoy all the above last weekend.

a rundown of the fun...adam in the dunk tank with eli trying to dunk...and his smile after success

the tattooed trio...

tug of war...eli was psyched to be doing this. later in the evening some older boys were playing some sort of ball game in the street and were nice enough to let a 4-year-old crash there game. eli was so, so, so cute with the little swagger he gets from playing with the big boys. his daddy went over to ask what they were playing, eli told him the game and quickly informed him that he did "not need any help." talk about independence day.

we were the winners of the tug of war. my friend and team captain, jen, explained it perfectly on her blog. notice her awesome use of sarcasm in mentioning my arms. but the rest was spot on truth. and i assure you that this whole paragraph is guilty of copyright infringement...

"This year, a game of tug-o-war was added to our list of fun. I got to be a team captain, and though I got razzed for picking "ringers" and making it unfair for the rest of the teams, I assure you that no rules were broken when picking my team members. So what if two of the members are cage-fighters? So what if one of the girls named Katie has ripped arms? So what if the combined weight of our team was 3 times that of the other teams? Need I mention the story of the three little bears? Or was it the tortoise and the hare? Whatever the case, the motto here is: You snooze, you lose. :o)"

some of the masses

Happy Independence Day!!!