Fourth of July Weekend

It started with Stars and Stripes, inspired by Melissa's 4th of July cookies. The frosting was a little runny but in the end it was all sweet and yummy.

We played a game of softball and Meredith won for most patriotic outfit:
Lucy, who heard me yell "Casey!", spent a half hour walking around saying "Casey! Casey!"
Then she was up to bat:
Gram was a good coach and partner:
They made it to first and even made it home:
Casey hit some pretty good ones:
Mark and Marty tried to stop him:
Then we cooled off in the pool:
And to finish the evening, an Angel's game!
I asked everyone to pose for a picture:
Little did I know Guerrero would hit a homer right at that moment. Sorry guys.
Mark and Sara are here for the summer and little Makenna and Owen are the perfect age for playing together (even if all they do is stare at each other right now). She's always lights up when I bring the camera out. It's so cute!
We sat in the highest tier and even at 6pm, the sun was beating down hard and strong. Lucy was a bit cranky for the first hour.
But she finally warmed up and was wired by the end of the game. When we left, she pranced her way down the entire ramp, out of the stadium, and over to our car. And she didn't fall asleep till we were 10 minutes from home.We did a lot of walking around with the little kids:
Great view from the Field Deck:
If you're ever bored at the game...
At the end of the game were splendid fireworks. Lucy was a little scared for 30 seconds and Owen was mesmerized. He sat on Papa's lap and didn't move a muscle:
The next day we all went to the beach. And since we got there early, we actually found a parking spot. Yea! We bought this tent for Owen and it was the best 10 bucks I've ever spent! He stayed in there for about an hour by himself just playing with toys, shaded and sand-free:
And when Lucy was tired of playing in the sand she joined him in the tent. She could play with her crayons any time of day. No coloring necessary. She just likes to talk to the colors and organize them:
Rachael and Carter:
Most of the group, discussing Meredith's date-night dilemmas:
Ava is such a cute little beach-bum. She has the best tan of everyone:
I loved peeking back and seeing Owen's head popping up there. (Casey was on the towel next to him of course):
This make-shift tent with everyone hovering underneath was hilarious , especially compared to the modern store-bought version behind them. It eventually fell down:
Sometime during the day we lost Casey, impaled by the umbrella:
After the beach we hit up Chipotle and then back to Gram/Papa's house for the evening. It was chaos with all the kids:
And then....billiards tournament. Mark kicked my trash:
And everyone else's trash as well. He was the Winner.

Hotdogs and Smores around the camp fire. Great weekend!