A Seattle 4th of July

We had a few days in Seattle after the cruise before heading back home to Georgia and we made the most of it.

Since we were celebrating the 4th of July in Seattle (much to the disappointment of the boys who LOVE our celebrations at home) we headed to the Indian Reservation to buy some fireworks.

But first a stop at the park with an awesome climbing wall.

Both Jack and Wyatt were brave and climbed way up high.

Our own little spidermen!

But we made the most of our 4th of July in Seattle by having some good friends and family over for a party with a firework display, much like at home!

We started off with our traditional day-time kid friendly fireworks.

They shoot out parachutes that the kids can catch.

The kids loved it!

As did the adults!!

Wyatt's collection.

Mia's collection.

And even Ethan got a few!!

Then the neighbor brought out the dirt bike.

I didn't think the boys would try it but they both surprised me!

All the kids - both small AND big - tried it out and had a blast.

I think it's safe to say he liked it.

A few more daytime fireworks - roman candles aimed at a target in the backyard.

Everybody got a turn.

The boys of the Houghton/Cornwell family.

Wyatt got a prime seat (and a bit of exercise) for the nighttime firework show!

Jack got to held Jason and the neighbors with the display.

Even though we didn't have our normal 4th of July at home we really enjoyed being able to celebrate with our friends and family at home in Seattle - a rare treat.

Now back home to Georgia...

Comments

Having a Great Visit with Aunt Delly

I know it's been a VERY long time since I've last posted, but it's hard when you have company in town. Plus, I've been especially exhausted this past week. Jack get's so excited when we have visitors that he gets even crazier than normal! September should be fun when we have Daddy, Granny and Grandma in town. I've been continuously changing up our great room bookshelves, so I thought I would post a photo for you to see. If anyone has more ideas on how to make it look better, let me know. These are some pictures of Jack at gymnastics. He has gotten so much better at this club. They do a lot more strengthening stuff than the old place. Plus they have an older boys class so they don't just teach girly stuff at this age. It's been fun to see him do so well. Of course, a lot of time he still goofs around, trying to fall off stuff, but for the most part he's pretty good at staying on task. Last week they did the monkey bars and he LOVED it and was

The Olympics

Wow, I can't believe it's been so long since I've last posted a message. I guess it's been due to a combination of being really busy and not having much to say! Is that a contradiction? We've been letting Jack stay up late since Friday so that he could enjoy the Olympics. He really enjoyed the opening ceremony and has been in awe of the gymnastics. We went to a BBQ on Sunday night and just as we were getting ready to leave they put the ladies gymnastics on and all the kids say and watched. We had to drag Jack away. In other news, we're getting ready to do a really crazy thing. After only two months of having no debt and house payment, we're putting in an offer on a new home! We really had no plans to do this, but when we went to visit our friends on Sunday, we decided to drive around and look at the houses there. We had looked in there back before Ethan was born and fell in love with the place so we thought we'd just take a look and see how much i

Last Day in Prague

Our last full day in Prague. We had a late night parting the night before and a very early morning excursion but this was the one I was excited for! We did a similar excursion in Italy and loved it too. This was an awesome city bike tour to the Vysehrad Castle. We stopped for photo ops along the way - including here along the Charles River. But it's all fun and games until someone gets stopped by the Polizia! Before we left on our trip I was told to make sure you stay away from the police, so I was surprised to come up the big steep hill to see Jason stopped by one. I guess our tour guides didn't get the permit to ride in the park (too close to kids and a school). We had all just come up a big steep hill and were separated from the front of our group. Jason stopped to wait for me and the rest of the group to make sure we knew where to go. We had three guides, on leading, one in the middle who pulled away from Jason, and then one at the back.

Living in Georgia

Search This Blog