The 4th of July week was a real goodie! We started with some neighborhood fun, went to a carnival party and finished with a few days at the lake! It is no secret I have a sweet tooth! I am known to constantly bake goodies at home "just because". Well we don't have a kitchen right now so I have had to get creative. We bought some zip lock popsicle bags and tried out a few juice flavors. It is so easy to just pour juice in the ziplock and stick it in the freezer! We love going on boat rides during sunset in the summer and these popsicles help cool us off!
Friends and neighbors of ours invited us to a 4th of July cookout! Cindy went all out for this casual cookout! She grew up loving the holiday and has continued a lot of her traditions for her own children. We swam in the pool, ate lots of yummy food and junk, said the national anthem and finished the afternoon with homemade peach ice cream!
Yes that is a plate full of cheeseballs! Because why not right?
Here is the hostess!
And all the littles enjoying patriotic cookies.
The adult spread...
And off course the cutest take away gifts for the littles.
The night of the 4th we went with friends to a carnival.
There were so many rides, games, food trucks and fun to be had! They even had a life size video game that the twins could not get enough of!
This was such a fun crew! Good variety of ages and the absolute sweetest kids.
We let the twins stay up way past bedtime to see their first fireworks show!!
The next afternoon (after sleeping in because we went to bed around 11) we headed to Ryan's parents lake house.
This time of year, when the water is warm, it is non stop activities!
Guess which twin loved the tube and kept asking to go faster?
We let Ellie drive the boat to dinner. My favorite part of the lake is definitely the late night boat rides.
The twins enjoyed their sparklers while we enjoyed wine and a lake sunset.
The next day Ryan showed the kids his wake boarded skills and then it started storming so we played games, ate dinner and headed back to Charlotte.
I have always loved the 4th and we sure did make a lot of memories and added in some new traditions that I hope we are able to repeat every year!
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