Happy 4th of July!

We had a FABULOUS 4th of July party...on July 3rd :) My parents hosted and we counted that at one point we had 54 people -if we didn't miss any of the kids :) Probably 2/3rds were kids. It was GREAT fun! We had water balloons - they filled 300ish, and they were gone in mere moments :) Amazing how it takes so long to fill them and so little time to enjoy them :) Lots of food, dear friends, and we got to introduce Hudson to everyone. We had a monsoon storm roll in, which was totally God-sent b/c it was 110 when the party started at 5pm. After the wind and clouds blew in, the temp dropped to a balmy 93 :) Which btw, is a HUGE improvement over 110!!! For awhile we thought the fireworks would be cancelled, but around 8:45m the resort north of us started their show and it was backdropped by a GORGEOUS lightning storm. God was showing off His beauty too!


1st bottle he loved it!
water balloons
racing around the house :)
First sparklers!!!!!! We had such fun :)
Hudson is now 2 weeks old ... amazing!

Enjoy the pictures!

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