4th of July BBQ & Fireworks!!

We had a fun 4th of July this year!  We had a BBQ at our house and invited The Jacksons over (Frank’s sister and her family), The Horners (our neighbors), their Grandson Ben,  and the 5 full-time missionaries serving in our ward.

After we ate we also had a fun game of baseball and later we did fireworks up in the cul-de-sac.  It was a great day.

Picking Teams: "Ooh, ooh...Pick me!!" Picking Teams

Frank pitching

Liz up to bat

Sandi up to bat

PJ pitching

Elder Campbell "posing" - 1

Elder Campbell "posing" - 2

Megan and Liz

Time for Fireworks!!

The Fireworks Crew: Bobbie, Yvette & Savannah (neighbors) joined us for the fireworks.

 

 

 

Larry, Sandi, Mikayla (back), Liz & Megan

Bobbie, Frank and Glenn

Megan

Lighting sparklers?

Clean-up time...

Meet Sophie (our puppy)…

OK…so Frank and I were NOT too excited about getting a dog. We had decided that we wouldn’t get another one for various reasons. But most of the kids wanted one SOOOOOOOOO badly that we finally caved in and got one. We realize the benefits that come from the kids learning to take care of something dependent on them and all that good stuff….soooo….

We actually spent a lot of the summer going to the pound to find that dog that we couldn’t live without. It’s so heartbreaking to go there and see all of the sad dogs and cats that want to go home with you. Unfortunately, we could only save one…and what we found was SOPHIE. They speculate that she is probably a mixture of lab and hound dog. It will be interesting to see how she grows up and how LARGE she gets . She is terribly cute!

Above: Hi, Sophie!!

Above: …lounging in the grass (that needs to be cut very badly).

Above: …and lounging in her little bed…

Above: Ashley and Sophie. She loves to nibble…we need to break her from that habit really quick. It’s cute now…but soon I’m sure it will be a problem.

Above: Donovan with Sophie. They have had a ton of fun with her already. It makes it worth it to see how happy it makes them all.

Above: We couldn’t find Sophie anywhere…we have to keep tabs on her since we are still “potty-training” her. So, we found her completely asleep on a huge stuffed animal the kids gave to her to play with. She’s still very much a puppy and plays hard for a while and then sleeps quite a bit…just not enough at nighttime yet.

Above: Sophie asleep on PJ’s lap.

Above: VIDEO ALERT!! See Sophie in Action….

Above: All of this playing is making me TIRED!