Fun at the farm!

After the baby shower, we all went to the farm. My uncle's farm that used to be my grandparents' farm is a great place to visit. It's always fun to go to see what animals will be there and new things for the kids to play on! Zach, Nathaniel and Elli had gone up with my parents earlier in the day. Frank was also able to join us after he got off work. As you can see, Alliyah was still enjoying one of the balloons from the shower!


Carl and Laurie have had this trampoline for several years and it's always a source of great fun! They were still jumping when it was so dark they could hardly see each other! Earlier in the day the kids also got to swim, play in the playhouse, visit the kittens, cows, chickens, ducks, turkeys and goat, and just enjoy some great Mueller food and fellowship!

Having the moon about full helped them see!

Frank and my cousin, Mark, set off some bigger fireworks. They even had some that launched into the air. Great fun!

On a sadder note, it also would have been my grandfather's 94th birthday. We miss him so much!

The Fourth of July

Here's our (almost) annual 4th of July picture!
The kids are looking quite patriotic, aren't they?
We enjoyed a brunch picnic at the Leo's (which I've attended many times since I was in high school!) with a dip in the pool as well! It was a fun time except Frank had to work so he couldn't join us for the fun. Thankfully, Grandma and Papa Corbett were there to help watch the kids once again! It was a little cool for swimming (low 70's) but the water was WARM! It was great! You could just walk right in...no adjustment needed! Of course the kids didn't want to get out! I was surprised, though, that Alliyah didn't like being in the pool because she LOVES the bathtub!!!

That night Frank set off a few little fireworks on the front sidewalk...one of which was going full force when the police drove by...guess it wasn't big enough to bother with!

Then we did sparklers! Alliyah wasn't very sure of them. She was just fine watching!

This was a major accomplishment! Zach overcame his fear of the sparklers. I didn't know why he wouldn't do any the last couple years. He would just run the other way and hide. He revealed that one of his siblings had dropped a hot sparkler on his foot a few years ago and that is why he was afraid to have anything to do with them!

Love Elli's outfit? This is the "sweatshirt" she picked when we told her to go put on something warm over her dress! I'm not sure what made her pick the hat!

All in all it was a fun day and we enjoyed watching the great display of fireworks Grove City put on this year (22 min.!) from our 3rd floor windows once again.