4th of July

We had a great 4th of July. We were a little worried about Hannah and the fireworks, since last year was a disaster, but it was great! She loved her 4th of July dress and wore it day after day after day. Luckily her bathing suit was worn most of the day so she really didn't have the dress on that much. We camped out at the Parrish Family's Chapin lake house again and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Hannah would call it her house, and she loved to swim off the dock. We had two boats there and she liked when she was actually on the boat ride, but you had to convince her to go because she really wanted to be in the water swimming. She is amazing in the water. I had to find a float for her this summer that would allow her the independence that she wants in the water. The one I found is great. She's too little for it technically, but handles herself better than most older kids in it. She very rarely wants you to touch her. She has amazing control over herself in and does a great job of actually swimming. She's a great kicker. Justin isn't really touching her at all in the picture of Hannah swimming. She LOVES to jump into the water, off the dock, the boat (the side of the pool) and has even started to do it without us catching her (only in the pool). She goes under, bobs back up, shakes off the water and says "do it again!". She also loves for her daddy to "1,2,3" her. This involves Justin throwing her into the air and catching her. She was also a big fan of her family jumping in off the dock and splashing. Uncle Jeff and Daddy's jumps were the craziest, Grandaddy's was the biggest splash and wave, and even Mimi jumped in one time. We literally spend hours at a time in the water. Kodak was with us and did an AWESOME job in his crate (this is a new thing for him since the house has been on the market), he even got thrown in multiple times and discovered it was okay to go in the water where he couldn't touch. He also went on his first boat ride. He seemed to like it okay.

Fireworks went well too, surprisingly. We took the boat out to Spence Island and watched the fireworks from the middle of the lake. It never even phased Hannah. Immediately after the show she fell asleep and slept the whole boat ride home. The next day (Sunday) we got to see lots of fireworks from the dock. People all around the cove were shooting them off and we got to enjoy them! Hannah and Maddie loved it.

Justin had the birthday he likes the best. Hanging out on the water, in the boat, with lots of good food and no stress! It was a great weekend with great fun, food, and especially friends and family. Happy 4th of July and Happy Birthday Justin!