July 4th - Continued

So we continued celebrating the holiday weekend by going to the pool, as a family, on Saturday. It was kind of chilly, but the boys wanted to try out their new goggles - modeled below.
Here is Colton all ready for a snorkel. After about 10 minutes he ditched the mouthpiece and just had the goggles. Then McKaleigh took over using the mouthpiece.
A shot of the family getting ready for a swim.
The kids chatting it up. They were trying to teach Alex how to put his face in the water with his goggles on.
After swimming, we then came home for a short rest, and then headed off to see Toy Story 3. I thought it was pretty intense, with that big baby, monkey and clown guy. We missed the showing we had planned on - it was sold out, so we killed some time playing in the arcade (daddy is the bomb at at Deal or No Deal), and got a giant popcorn and drink. Its pretty sick that my kids dinner tonite consists of that popcorn, drink and a candy bar.

After the movie, we decided to get a little family exercise and play hockey up at the school. McKaleigh was not feeling too great after all those snacks and stayed home to rest. here are the boys all ready to go. Alex just loves hockey. He gets up every morning and begs to play it out front.
Here is mom with the boys.
When it started getting dark, we headed home for a small fireworks display.
Here is dad trying to throw those pop things at McKaleigh.
McKaleigh and our neighbor Hunter gathering some of the fireworks. Actually they were trying to organize them into one huge pile, but not all of the fuses could be reached at the same time.
Alex and our neighbor Emma. She was really great with him, and it was so funny because as soon as Brett would start to light the fireworks he would stand next to her with his hand on her shoulder - for protection against a rogue firework. He did not really want to get close, and once again, when we would ask him if he wanted a sparkler, he would very politely reply "no thanks."
The big kids watching the display they created with daddy.My bestie Anne and I chatting and viewing the display. We actually solve quite a few of the worlds problems right here on my porch!Dad and Alex trying to decide which one to light next.

The grand finale!I honestly cannot say, that in recent times, we have actually tried to pack a weekend so full! We are having a great time doing it though...on to tomorrow!