Celebrating Our Independence!

Spotsylvania has there Star Spangled Spectacular the Saturday before the Forth so this past weekend we got to enjoy fireworks! After a nice afternoon with friends, family (so glad Steph & Jacob came to visit!) and lots of eating we walked to the fireworks...with a little excitement along the way!

Some of our yummy treats...

Caterpillar Kabobs

Stars & Stripes Kabobs 

 A little fun with Daddy, Zachariah & Kaleb

As we got our things ready to walk down to the fireworks, Ben brought our folding chairs in the house. They are the ones in the bags. They were sitting in our living room and a gray mouse crawled out of them! Short story shorter...between Ben, Jacob & a pellet gun, the mouse did not make it out alive. Ben noticed that it was a momma mouse so they took the chairs outside to to look further. Sure enough there was a nest with 4 babies. They were too small to survive, but the kids were pretty excited to see baby mice...Mommy passed on holding one...

When we got down to the festival our first stop was the firetruck...

 Then the pony rides!!! They kids were so excited that they got to ride a horse!

 Once we found a nice spot to sit, it was time to play...

 And then the fireworks!

 Watching in awe...

Calise & Kaleb...

 Stephanie & Jacob :)

 And a little bit of the show!

21 Weeks!

We are now at the halfway point in the pregnancy! Friday marked the start of 21 weeks. I'm so thankful to be feeling great and really enjoying the energy the second trimester brought! This Wednesday the 3rd we will have our next sonogram and hope to find out if we are welcoming a boy or girl! We have lots of opinions for both boy and girl so we will see! The kids are really enjoying the idea of the baby coming. They love to  talk to the baby. Today Olivia was talking to it and said "Are you a boy or a girl?" And then she said "It's says it's a girl".
Zachariah has gone back and forth but currently says it's a boy. 

Who would have thought we would catch such a sweet picture. I would have planned for a better background! 

But I will take what I can get :)

 The kids were excited to put up the crib so we went ahead and set it up so they could be use to the idea of sharing a room with the baby....the pink princess things are Olivia's, not the baby's. We plan to paint their room and finish up some decorating in the next few months.

So what do you think we're having?????

Another Visit...

...from the firefighter and princess ballerina...

Our Garden is Complete!

It was a family team effort but we finally finished it! In the front we have 2 kinds of Tomatoes; Green, Red, Yellow & Sweet Banana Peppers; 3 kinds of Cucumber & 2 Zucchini. We also have Mint, Basil, Cilantro and Beautiful Marigolds for a border!

In the back we planted Strawberries & 2 Sweet Banana Pepper Plants

 And we're trying out a tomato & Sweet Banana Pepper in buckets.

(For the Banana Peppers I had to buy a 4 pack, that's why we have so many!)

Progress Reports to Come!