7th Anniversary and 4th of July 2013

Fourth of July is such a fun holiday.  I absolutely love the month of July and think the Fourth is a great way to kick it off.   July 3 is our wedding anniversary, and with the fourth being the next day it makes it one big fun holiday.  I love that every year on our anniversary we hear/ see fireworks, see families come together and BBQ, have pool parties, and roast smores.  It's such a fun time of year for us. 

This year for our anniversary we took advantage of our Massage Envy membership and got massages.  Josh took me to Old Navy to get a top and some earrings....love him!  Then we went to see "World War Z" at Lake in the Hills Theater (best theater ever!)  $5 for matinee and they have recliners!!!  Talk about comfortable!  Then we went to Sammy's Mexican Grill right by our house because we had a Groupon for it.  The food was really good and we are excited to go back and support local restaurants.  They ran out of fried ice cream (why does that always seem to happen at Mexican restaurants??)  Soooo...we went to "Chick-N-Dip" near our house for flurries.  YUM!  Best part was we were home in time to put Anya to bed and we were able to hear our sweet girl singing "Happy Daddy to you".  So precious it totally melted our hearts.  I can't believe this year we celebrated 7 years!!!  Feels like just yesterday...

On the fourth we went over to my parents house for a picnic and campfire. 

 Josh's appetizer #1: Stuffed Jalapenos

 Josh's appetizer #2: Blue cheese romaine boats

Anya claims that her favorite dip is blue cheese.  Daddy made sure she took a bite.  The verdict?  She hated it and spit it out!  LOL! 

Coloring with Mama;-)

 

 Gigi's "water table" fun!  Anya loves having jobs to do.  Scooping water is fun work, but it's even more fun when you have watermelon to put in it. 

 We ate on the picnic table that Katie and Dad made.  And it was strong enough to support all of us;-)

 Anya made her first S'more!

 

 Somersaults with Papa

Our fourth this year did not include fireworks due to us being parents and having a toddler with a bedtime.  But that's ok with us:-)