Timothy waiting for fireworks (he clapped the whole show... and said wow, oooh, wow!)
Christopher waiting for fireworks... and someone to get him out of the backpack.
Nathanael and Samuel sitting on the church sign. Waiting for fireworks.
Benjamin just relaxing.
Michael with yo-yo. Oh, and Dad too.
Emilie... it was windy!
Last year was the first picture I tried posting on the blog, so we'd better post some this year too :)
4th of July this year was kind of busy. We like slow Saturdays, even the kids like sleeping in (not that we get up too early the other days, but they like being "allowed" to sleep later.)
We had a flag ceremony at the church at 9 am, with doughnuts. The kids thought the doughnuts were worth it, even though the flag raising along with spiritual thoughts and talks was a great wayk to start the day.
Then we went home for a short amount of time before heading to our local Tea Party, Tax Protest, where some of the kids had parts to share about the Bill of Rights. It was good to see friends and see what great support this movement has in this area. The paper reported 200 people (there being nearly 10 people in THIS family alone and not being a bad estimator myself, this was grossly underestimated.... there were more like over 1000 people and that's being conservative... puns aside...)
We headed home so the little guys could get a nap and we could eat lunch and take a break. We also watched the DVDs Tom got for Father's Day... starting with "Revolution!" by the history channel. It was very appropriate viewing for our celebration. These shows are about the American Revolution and included stuff about the original Boston Tea Party tax protest.
We had our own family bbq and then went to wait for fireworks :) Then home and baths and ready for church on the 5th!
Michael sharing the first Amendment.... Bill of Rights presentation...
Nathanael shared the 2nd Amendment. He got a lot of applause.
This IS Texas, y'all.
Benjamin shared the 3rd Amendment, which meant a lot more to the kids after watching Revolution! and the British troops taking over the houses of the colonists.
Emilie shared the 7th Amendment, part of the Bill of Rights presentation.
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