Happy Birthday, Ben

We decorated the house for Ben's birthday while he was at work. Clara and I wrote things we loved about him and put them in the balloons before hanging them from the ceiling. Happy 29th!

Independence Day

This year we went to the Centerville parade on the 4th of July. It was super hot but it was worth the heat to see Clara's delight. Rex got pretty bored so he and Ben spent quite a bit of time wandering around.

Taking a water break. Rex loves drinking out of this spray bottle.

That afternoon we headed to the Huffs for a family BBQ with the Duckworths and Ben's parents. All of the cousins had fun participating in a backyard waterfight. Grandpa was king of the water balloons and spent his afternoon filling up balloon after balloon. Ben's Mom brought her awesome homemade lemon ice-cream for dessert. Our kids were exhausted from the long day and so we all turned in before fireworks that night. Our neighborhood always has a lot of fireworks and so we got to hear popping into the wee hours of the morning. I love being able to celebrate holidays with family.