4th of July

Happy 4th of July! This was Ben's patriotic breakfast. 

 

 

It was a pretty low-key holiday this year.  Jillian was at EFY and we missed her!  July 4th is one of her favorite holidays.  I wonder if it's because she was born two days later and somehow remembers the excitement on the July 4th right before she was born.  We were living in Palatine, IL and went to a friend's house to celebrate.  I was technically on bed-rest, and wasn't due for three more weeks, but got up to watch the fireworks and was nervous that I might go into labor, but kind of hoping I would, too! I didn't, and she was born two days later on her scheduled C-section day.  I'm sure she heard the fireworks, though, and was wondering what was going on out there!

 

We went to the parade and enjoyed sitting with several friends.

 

Afterwards we went to a BBQ at a friend's house, but we got rained out and went home early.  Later in the evening it cleared up and we got to see the fireworks over Eagle Harbor.