Our 4th of July!

Well, I'm a little late on posting this, but wanted to share some pictures from the 4th of July weekend. Since it was raining Friday morning, we decided to go and get Ashley's pictures taken. I'll post those as soon as we get them back.

For all of you that know Thad, he loves fireworks! Even though we didn't have any big plans, he insisted on buying a bunch of fireworks (mostly bottle rockets and firecrackers, although he got some other things too).

Here is a picture of Ashley as Thad set off the first set of firecrackers...

Then she chased bubbles...

That evening we went to a BBQ with a bunch of the other students. The kids played and the husbands played even more. Thad brought all his fireworks. All the guys lit off the fireworks, which I think the husbands enjoyed more than the kids. When we were done we went downtown to watch the fireworks and do sparklers. Ashley enjoyed watching the fireworks, but enjoyed playing with her glow-light bracelets even more. :)

On Saturday it was nice weather so we went to Eagle Creek Park to ride bikes, play at the lake, and eat a picnic with the ducks (Ashley calls all birds "ducks" even if they're not). :)

Here's a picture of Ashley helping us to get the bikes ready...

Ashley and Thad taking a break from biking.

Playing with the ducks....

Throwing rocks...

Saturday night we went up to Connor Prairie and enjoyed watching the Star Spangle Celebration; which is put on by the Indianapolis Symphony. This was fabulous! We had such a good time. It's the absolute perfect thing to take children to. You bring chairs and blankets and a picnic and just sit and enjoy the music (and fireworks). It's really nice because it is so low key. Ashley enjoyed dancing to the music, climbing all over us, and helping us to eat our dinner. :)

...And she played peek-a-boo!