July 4th fell in the middle of friends week. The past couple of years my 4th of Julys have been rather lame. Not that me having oodles of fun is necessary, but (of course) I like being with my family (and friends). Two years ago, Ryan was in Dominican Republic, so I spent the day and evening at home with Mercy (as an infant) and the boys. Then last year, we were on retreat. At least I got to see Ryan that day, right? When it came time for fireworks that night, Ryan was in the ER with one of our students who sliced his foot at the beach. This year was definitely different (and easily) surpassed the last two years. Fun times.
We went to Burgess Falls with the Russells. It was quite warm, and fun seeing the falls. They were actually the smallest we have ever seen them due to the lack of rain. We hiked to the overlook and then down to the top of the falls. The kids had fun, and of course, pictures are a must!
Every year my mom sends us a 4th of July box, and usually a shirt for each child. Over the past two years the shirts have been a little big on them, so we had extra flag shirts for the Russell kids. Ryan and I had shirts, so Ryan and Christie picked up some flag shirts as well. We were a Patriotic bunch!
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| checking out the falls |
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| Josiah with the binoculars! :) |
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| at the edge |
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| further down to the edge |
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| Christe with a crawdaddy |
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| the kids |
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| another shot |
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| another angle:) |
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| red, white, and blue group :) |
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| our family |
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| Aedan and Mercy |
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| Burger King Lunch |
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| Ice cream dessert |
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| Ice cream time! :) |
Just for fun:
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| 4th of July 2010 |
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4th of July 2011
4th of July 2012 |
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