4th of July Weekend!

We had a blast for the 4th of July weekend this year! (Except we wish Paul didn't have to work all weekend! Hopefully next year will be different.)

On Friday, I went to the Sheryl Crow concert at Wolf Trap with Allison, Gretchen, Eva, and Lauren. Great ladies night out and I even had two Coronas.... whoah!! (Look out, everyone.) While we were at the concert, Paul took Jake and Josh to South Riding for their 4th of July (3rd of July) celebration and saw fireworks there. The report back was that Jake got a kick out of the fireworks but he fell asleep halfway through them and Josh stopped fussing (he was probably hungry without me there) to watch the fireworks and then he started fussing again. Guess my boys like the boom-booms! (Which is great because Paul and I LOVE fireworks.)

On Saturday (the 4th), the boys and I went to the 4th of July parade in Fairfax City with Gma and Gpa Gunning (Paul's parents). Jake loved it! Josh slept through the whole thing. After the parade, Gretchen and Allison joined us to watch the volunteer fire department competitions. They do three different competitions that involve their fire hoses and water and basically the whole point is that all the kids get soaking wet and they love it! Jake included, who was nice and sopping wet by the end. Then we went back to the Gunnings for dinner and headed over to near Fairfax High School to watch their fireworks. We ended up not having the best spot to really be able to see them well but they had one heck of a grand finale!

On Sunday, the boys and I, along with Gma and Gpa Gunning, and Gretchen and Allison went to the Aunts for a BBQ dinner. This was Josh's first time meeting his Great Aunt Barbara and Great Aunt Judith! Paul got stuck at work selling a car that evening but at least it was a good deal with a little money involved :-)

All in all, great weekend and we were all exhausted by the end of it!

Picture above from the 4th of July festivities!