Brady's Bunch...

Road Trip!

Happy Fourth of July!!

Here we go! Off to Uncle Kris and Auntie Justina's house for the Fourth of July weekend. Poor Colton put on his cool shades and got a little shut eye.

"What? They're all going to stay here with us? For how long?"

Here's Colton meeting baby Max. He wanted to hug and kiss him all weekend! We had to constantly remind him to be gentle. He's a boy! He doesn't know what "gentle" is!

And Uncle Brady holding his nephew.

WOO-HOO! We're all outside playing and ready for a great weekend!!

Ahhhh...

Auntie Justina and Max

Judaya and Will

Nice, baby, nice. Colton could not stay away from Max all weekend!

Colton had absolutley no interest in any of the water play. The poor kid just sweat out the weekend playing with all the cool toys. Lord know how he loves the Cozy Coupe.

Colton's favorite game all weekend was trying to escape the back yard. Anytime the door was left open or our heads were turned, the kid was gone! Stinker.

Cousins. Buddies.

Will and Kyla played so well together. They spent a lot of time in (and out of) the sandbox.

Here they're cooling off.

Whoops! Darn pool is slippery.

Slip and Slide

Judaya and Will were going down the Slip and Slide like it was nobody's business. My kids... not so much.
Here's Judaya showing her stuff.

And Will...

The only way Kyla would go down the Slip and Slide is if the water was turned off. Whatever works.

Even Brady has to give it a try. I guess he didn't get the memo. "We're too old!" With our luck someone would break a hip.

Fireworks!!!

The kids were so excited for the fireworks. Here they're all sitting so patiently on the blanket. They just loved their glow-in-the-dark necklaces. Even Max had one!

Boy, does Kyla look excited or what?

Will (2-1/2), Justina (29), Max (3 mos.), Colton (21 mos.), Judaya (9), and Kyla (3-1/2)

We were all a little nervous to see how the kids were going to react. Luckily, Max fell asleep right before the fireworks started and slept through the entire thing! Judaya loved them, of course. And Will was a little scared at first. Kyla seemed to do okay sitting in Daddy's lap. Colton was so funny. As soon as the first firework went off, he just said, "Whoa," and slowly backed into my lap. Then he covered his eyes only to spread his fingers and watch the fireworks.

OOOOO...... AHHHHH.......

Good morning!

Can we eat now? Please?

I don't know what it is about that pool, but our kids didn't want anything to do with it.

Here they are... just playing.

WAIT!! Kyla has her suit on! AND she's touching water.
(She's giving her baby a bath. Isn't that sweet?)

So, since my kids weren't interested in going in the pool, Colton took to the hose.

Wait! Kyla is actually stepping in the pool!! It's only Saturday night and time for bath...

Holy cow, she's actually playing in the pool! She won't go down the slide though - yet.

The girls after a long hard day of playing.

Justina and Max.

All the kids adore little Max. The poor guy didn't know what to do.

Ahhhh... like father like son.

Finally, Kyla goes down the slide! It only took her until Sunday morning. What can I say, she does things in her own time. Once she started though she didn't want to stop.