Happy 4th of July!

We went to our cabin on Saturday for a few hours. We haven't been able to go down due to all of the flooding so it was nice to actually make it to our dock! Jarika and some friends from Joplin were down and had been swimming all day and were ready to go tubing. I think Scott had a little too much fun throwing them off of the tube! Addy even swam with me for awhile and seemed to like it :) that is until a huge wave came and she got a mouthful of water! YUCK! We came home and spent the entire drive coming home in a major thunderstorm! Not fun!

Yesterday we went to our annual 4th of July parade here in Marshfield. It is the biggest parade west of the Mississippi! It was sooo hot! The temp was only about 84 but the heat index was killing us. Scott had to take Addy to the car for a bit to cool down. We toured the square and then came home to get ready to go to my brother's. I made fruit salsa with cinnamon chips and white chocolate covered strawberries with blue sprinkles :) We had a really good time, food was great and spending time with our whole family is always fun!The Grand Marshals were Tony, Shaelea and Shaydon DeCamp and Leona Jett (Leasha's mom) I know their mama was smiling from above:) We all miss you Leasha!

Addy was getting our friend, Boston's belly, it was too stinkin cute!

Cooper wore Uncle Kent's ear protection during the fireworks, the noises were really getting to him. Addy had a complete meltdown and spent the majority of the time inside! We did convince her to clap some after they went off but she was sooo not impressed! Some neighbors had set off those floating lanterns and I even tried to convince her they were for the lost princess, Rapunzel, but she wasn't buying it!