4th of July

Every 4th of July we go watch the hot air balloon launch. If you know me very well at all, you know that I am a traditionalist. I love tradititions. I love knowing what to look forward to for the special day that is coming up. I love having that to plan on. I also love adding new traditions to the mix. I have loved our 4th of July tradition that has been going on for the past few years. When we were married on July 1st we had plans of celebrating our anniversary in all sorts of new places to see the fireworks. That lasted our 1st anniversary!! It's great and better now though. We have family that comes to see us every year and we have all sorts of fun things we do and fun memories every year. This was the first year that Ethan has been just fascinated by it all. He's loved it in the past, but now he has memories from past years and he had to go find all of his favorite balloons. He was excited to show them to his brothers this year!
We love having company come for the holidays!
We always make my parents join us whether they plan on it or not! They have fun once they are there too! My kids just love their grandparents!
What a handsome little boy!~ You have no idea how hard it is to get a good picture of Ethan with him looking at the camera! It NEVER happens!Ez just looks tired, but he couldn't take it all in fast enough. He was so interested and curious about everything.

Giving Ezra a little lick!

Ezra and Mason cuddling a bit..

Everyone... Spencer's aunts, Lizett and Cindy, come every year from Texas. This year we got to have Spen's sister, Katelan, visit from collage. Spen's Grandpa from AZ came too, but he wasn't too excited about leaving the house before 6 am!

Mase went back and forth with being excited and happy to being pretty upset that we woke him up so early! He's usually happy when he has his 'E' close by..

Ez just had a great time from the time I woke him up.

Ethan was determined to have his picture taken with the 'tiger balloon.' He got a little trading card with it's picture on it and promptly came home and emptied one of my frames to frame it. It's now on display in our family room. :)

These brothers sure do love each other!
Lizett and Cindy bought fireworks for the firework show this year. They were so much fun. Mase missed them, but Ezra loved them (after the first few) and Ethan enjoyed them. He was a little nervous. He likes them when they are done. He was proud of the ones he chose to light.