Happy 4th of July!

We had a wonderful day planting flowers, swimming, and grilling...the typical 4th of July activities minus the fireworks. The shows didn't start until 9:30 and neither Clint nor I cared enough about seeing them to keep Madelyn up way past her bedtime.

Here are lots of pics of Madelyn in her 4th of July dress!

We planted begonias around our trees!

here is the final product (before the mulch)

M joined us in the yard after waking from her nap...she played on a towel and ate watermelon, which seemed appropriate for the blistering heat.

She is starting to feed herself chunks of food now, which meant watermelon dripping all down the front of her.

Then we went swimming to cool off. Madelyn has always loved the pool, but she was extra brave today and quite the wild woman. The pictures don't really capture it all, but she was splashing and putting her face in the water squirters, and she enjoyed being bounced on the fountain of water! She was also crawling around the waterfall ledge splashing in the water and playing with her toys...she had a lot of energy today!

Daddy took my float!

Then Clint grilled us some dogs for dinner...he grilled regular hot-dogs and "gourmet hot-dogs." Not exactly sure what was in them, but I know they were stuffed with jalapenos and wrapped with bacon. He served them in a tortilla with cheese. They were delicious so I took a picture...