Fourth of July festivities

July 3rd marked the beginning of the 4th of July festivities. A lot of the Widdowson family came to Mom and Dad's for the weekend. It was nice to see everyone. It had been a long time. That morning we went to the Gibbon parade and sat in front of the church.

Aunt Gigi with the two ornery 2 year olds! ha ha!

Grown ups chatting while the kids wait for candy!

Carmyn, Delanie, Lily, Guire, Caden, Levi, Mav

Guire sharing the candy he found! Lily got a lot of candy thanks to her cousins. By the end of the parade, she was really good about hustling to the candy!

Since her mommy loves 4th of July, we had to get her a wonderful outfit!

Cheese!

Hugs!

How much candy do you have?

4th of JULY!!!

The Widdowsons came back out to mom and dad's. A lot of the men went golfing, the kids went swimming, Ryan and Julie prepared cream cans, and the rest of us visited with a cold drink in hand!

Two tired girls after swimming and playing!

It had rained the night before, so Dad had water at the end of one of his fields. The kids brought their mud clothes and dove in!

Delanie, Riley, Edie, Tess

It was hilarious to watch. I think Edie had just tackled Tess in the mud.

Yuck!

We wanted Lily to try it, but she was not a big fan! So, we thought we would try the front yard.

This is as dirty as she got.

Maybe next year, she will get in Grandpa's muddy field!

Fireworks!!!!

Virgie, Mav, Lily, Matt and I drove to Shelton to watch the fireworks. They were very good! After the first firework, Lily hid her eyes into my shoulder. By the end of it, she was asleep!!!