Fourth of July Fun!

We celebrated the 4th of July at the Sawyer's house with some of our church friends. We had a really good time grilling, playing games and watching the fireworks.

Ellen & I are ready to go in our patriotic attire!

Here we are eating on the deck and in the yard. The kids had a lot of fun jumping on the trampoline.

The kids enjoyed playing and drawing on the basketball court. We also got to see a few airplanes fly over head.

It took a few minutes to get Ellen used to the trampoline...she would jump, but only if she held my hands. Once she got comfortable I had a hard time getting her out.

Here are some cute pictures of Ellen and the kids. The little boy is Brody Ingold; His parents are our friends who just moved to Camdenton. Yes, they are giving each other high-fives! Don't they look cute in their red, white, and blue? Rachael and I tried really hard to get them to sit together so we could get a picture, but they were too busy.

(1)The kids had fun blowing and chasing the bubbles. (2) Jason and Colton Ingold (3) Kim John and Ellianna Garber...no relation to us : ) (4)Dustin and Ellen (5) Kyle and Liz Garber playing Hillbilly Golf...still no relation ;) (6) Some of the girls: Rachel Sawyer (hostess), Kim John, Jamie Martin, Rachael Ingold, Elizabeth Yates & baby Lorado, and me.

TJ, Dustin, Tim & Chuck playing washers.

We decided to stay at the Sawyer's house to watch the fireworks instead of going to SBU. Ellen really enjoyed the fireworks this year. This is what she had to say about them: fireworks are pretty, fireworks are hot, fireworks say BOOM!