4th of July

We went to the lake Thursday afternoon for the 4th of July weekend....Kerry took off work Friday and he had Monday off....So it was a very nice, long weekend...The kids had a blast...All the cousins got along great...Yesterday, I think Kohen and Jaxson were a little sick of each other...But overall, they did well.....We had a good mix of going out on the busy lake and staying at the house hanging out and playing with the kids....This was probably the first time that Kerry and I "let go" a little bit and let Kohen venture on his own with Jaxson...I think he loved having some freedom exploring....Kresee did well on Saturday...We made sure she got a late afternoon nap so she could watch the fireworks that night...She is usually in bed at 8:00, so a 9:40 firework show is way past her bedtime...But she made it and loved watching them...She did a lot of "oooh, ahhh, and wow".....We ate a lot as usual for the lake...I made some new recipes that I will have to post so you can try them:)...But Kerry and I jogged every day (all 4 days) which isn't the easiest down there with all the hills....But we managed to do 3 miles and I was very proud of myself since I am NOT a runner...I packed all these clothes like I normally do and I don't think the kids were clothes the whole time...Kohen lives in his underwear...So he was in his swimshorts or underwear...Kresee just hung out in her diaper or swimsuit the whole weekend as well:)

Anyways, here are some pictures over the past 4 days at Possum Kingdom Lake....

Making huge bubbles...They had so much fun doing this....

Kresee looking cool in her sunglasses...She now says "cheeeese" for pictures....Lovely!

The "treasure island" according to Kohen....

Playing on the porch...It was so humid from the rain that my camera kept fogging up on me...

Pizza Party on the dock with the whole family....

Kresee's new favorite thing...Picking her nose...She can't keep her finger out...Thank goodness she hasn't started eating them yet...Just sits there with the finger up the nose....She got her one in this picture though!!

Cousins on the sea-doo....

Kenzie and Kresee on the sea-doo

Hanging out with Daddy in the boat... Kohen playing in the sand...

Kresee and the sand...She wasn't too sure of it at first...But ended up loving it...Sat there forever just digging her hands in it...She could put it on herself but you better not think of putting the sand on her:)....

Kresee trying to keep the sun off her for a little while in her cover-up....

Kohen riding in Papa's boat....It was crazy bumpy on Saturday like it normally is on the 4th....We usually take the pontoon out and it doesn't seem as bad....But we decided to take Papa's boat and we bounced all around the whole boat ride.....

The boys watching the waves on their way to Sandy Beach....

Kohen and Papa watching some TV together....Papa was Kresee's new favorite friend...She has recently started saying his name--sounds more like Baba...But she couldn't get enough of him the past 4 days.....Don't you love how they are sitting the same??

The girls in 2009 and then in 2010...Just still amazes me how much babies can change in a year!!

Sweet siblings;)

Family 4th of July picture....

Kresee LOVED throwing those Pop-Its....She did a whole bag by herself...Wasn't scared of them at all....
Kerry helping Kohen with his fireworks...I bought some for the boys to do before the Hell's Gate firework show started...They have fun lighting the smoke balls:) and making everyone cough from all the smoke!!

The girls riding in the boat....

Kohen passed out in the boat on the way to Sandy Beach...