4th of July!

This past weekend we headed south to Williamsburg, Virginia to celebrate the 4th of July with Mima Fitzgerald, Granddad, and Monty.

My parents hosted a huge party with all of the cousins on my Mom's side of the family and all of the kids and so on from each family (sadly Michael and Aunt Peggy were not able to make the long trip out this year) there. Still, they had a lot of people running all around which kept things fun and busy all weekend for the girls.

Addy and Ave loved absolutely everything about the weekend as they have been missing their grandparents and Monty quite a bit while up here in PA.

They especially liked playing around at both of the pools and the pizza party at the waterfall pool with their cousins.







And we always like lounging around the house.







We capped off the weekend with some 4th of July fireworks! Williamsburg has a first rate fireworks display. This is our second year in a row to see the fireworks in Williamsburg and we are already looking forward to doing it all again next year. Addy has already said that next year she wants us to get closer to the fireworks...who knew.

This year, despite the larger crowds (last year the area was fairly empty due to the rain that only cleared just before they shot off the rockets and such and we stood practically under the entire show - it was amazing), my Dad was able to find a great place to park the van and we all got to watch the show from our parking spot.



Addy felt that the front seat of the van provided the best (and safest) viewing of all the fireworks. She watched most of the show and would excitedly call out all the different colors as they appeared in the sky above her. Good stuff!