fourth of july

This year our Fourth of July party was filled with pinwheels. Lots of red, white and blue pinwheels. I love how they turned out. So fun. And they were really easy too. You can see my Fourth of July inspiration here. There just wasn't enough time to make everything that I wanted to. Oh well...the strawberries and cute red, white, and blue pennant will have to wait until another year. 

Joel and I spent a lot of the hot, Kansas weekend getting the yard spiffed up for the party. Getting ready in the heat is always the worst part {especially this year with my prego belly}, but it is always worth it! Last night turned out to be such a fun evening with friends...even though it was still hot. It was an evening full of hamburgers and hotdogs, lemonade and cute paper straws, homemade ice cream and strawberries, kids running all around, swim suits and sand, sitting at picnic tables and chatting with friends, sparklers and firecrackers, and staying up late to watch fireworks. I think that the Fourth is one of my favorite holidays.

A few of Levi's funny, dramatic faces. He wasn't a fan of whatever Grammy was feeding him in the first picture. And the second picture is his new face. We call it "the look". He makes this face and then cracks up at himself. What a goof.

 My pregnant friends...all in our matching stripes. Can you tell who is due first??

Joel took this picture with his phone while we were watching fireworks. Levi screamed through the first few, but then figured out they weren't so bad if he closed his eyes and Mama covered his ears. So this is how he spent the rest of the fireworks show. :)

Hope you had a great Fourth!