4th of July!

Ava got here on July 2nd to spend the week with us. The first few days was cloudy and rainy so the girls played inside a lot. On Friday I decided to take them to do one of their favorite things...get their nails painted. Kaiya and Ava both got blue and red nails (for the 4th of July)with white flowers. Ella felt left out and wanted her nails painted. After nails we went to the store and bought a movie to watch. When we got home the girls made a fort in Ella's room. Her room was already taken apart because we are in the process of switching the rooms around so it was quite a mess!
We watched a movie and then Ava had to go home for the night. She returned early Saturday morning and stayed until Monday night.

We didn't really have anything planned on Saturday so we hopped in the car and drove. We ended up at Carpinito Brothers to buy a beautiful hanging plant and then decided to go to Home Depot to buy some flowers for the girls to help us plant outside. We recently had a landscaper come take out the weeds and trim the bushes/trees so our yard needed some more TLC with some color. The girls had fun choosing where to put the flowers and helping dig in the dirt.

Ella loves her chocolate milk....

On Sunday we went to church and then got ready for our 4th of July celebration at my parents house. This year they had a block party in their cul de sac with some neighbors. Everyone pitched in food and even though it started to rain for a bit we still had fun. One of the neighbors brought out a canopy so some of us were able to huddle under it. My aunt and Uncles, cousin and Gramee also joined us for BBQ. As usual Cirdan was behind the BBQ cooking. He loves to be in charge of the meat and he is good at it! We also celebrated Ava's birthday that night with a birthday cake. She loved the cake! Nate and Amy announced that they are pregnant and due I think Feb 1st. It was a day of celebrations!

I made a fruit cookie...

We had a bunch of fireworks we brought to the party that Cirdan bought last year and never used that. My brother also bought some and a neighbor had a few. The firework show the guys (Cirdan, Nate and Jason) put on was spectacular! The girls had fun watching...even Ella didn't mind the big booms.

It was a late night for the girls. Kaiya and Ava both stayed up until the fireworks were done around 11:00.