Celebrating Our "LIBERTY"

We started celebrating with lunch at T.G.I.F.

I looked up from our table & saw the perfect wall mural...

So we had to get a picture of our Lady Liberty with "The" Lady Liberty!

We enjoyed a YUMMY lunch!

 Sophie is wearing Libby's "1st" birthday outfit!!

It still looks cute!!

The kids enjoyed their cup of dirt...with worms!!

 Tyler

 Sophie

Zack's worm was still a little "muddy"!!

Then it was time for her Birthday BBQ....

It was a much smaller group & fireworks were banned from our neighborhood this year, but we had so much FUN!

 We played games....

 We talked....

 Made Snow Cones...

 They were a huge hit!!

Look at Sophie licking the sides of her mouth!!

We sang Happy Birthday & had dessert...

Libby opened her gifts... 

 It was so funny when she opened this gift from Shelly...
Shelly said, "Oh do you already have that game?" and Libby said," yes".  Then Shelly says, "Oh that's too bad...I guess you better see what's in the box then!"  Her face was priceless! It was actually the cutest owl necklace & earrings!

My parents gave her this awesome shirt they got from the Denver Mint when they went on vacation there...it's perfect!

She has been really wanting a tablet of some kind to draw & read with.  She new they were too expensive for a birthday gift so when she open up the gift & it was a stylus & a picture of a tablet she thought we were teasing her!  When she found out a tablet will be here in 2 weeks...she couldn't believe it!  She asked like 4 times if she really gets one.  The one we got isn't actually much more than a DS & none of our kids have anything like that & we know she'll really be able to use this for school & for fun!
Steve was talking about it with some guy at work & the guy said, "Isn't that kind of a big gift for a birthday"? And he replied, "You don't know my daughter!"  He then said, "No kid is that good!"
The truth is ...she really is THAT good! I don't know how we lucked out with such a sweetheart!!

Since we couldn't do fireworks the kids had fun with their glow necklaces & swords...

Front: Adam, Tyler, Davey, Josh, Sophie
Back: Zack , Libby, Jazzy

 Glowing...

 Crazy kids!

Then Steve set up a movie outside for everyone to watch....

 Let's just say...Steve always goes a little CrAzY with his projects!

 He didn't skimp on the sound system!

The kids watched "Matilda"  when it got dark...
But while we were waiting for it to get dark he played a DVD of a Kenny Chesney concert...A gift that I gave him a year or two ago & he's never watched it! ;)
It was just like being at the real concert...

I almost touched his hand!  (ha...ha)

It was another great year!!
We are so thankful for America & for the freedoms we've been given!
Happy 4th Of July!!