4th of July 2013

We had a great 4th of July this year.  Peter had really been wanting to get out of town so we had thought about Seattle, but that fell through.  So we headed up to Portland just for the day and had a great time.  We took the boys to OMSI and they LOVED it.  It really was a fun day.  And then we went to dinner and watched the fireworks over the river.  It was a great show and even though the boys fell asleep right before they started, we woke them up.  Jonah didn't make it through the show, but Ben saw most of it!  We were exhausted since we didn't get home until 1am, but it was so nice to get away for a day.  Jonah slept till 11 the next day and took a 4 hour nap.  He loves to sleep just like his mama :-)  The next night we also did a few fireworks of our own.  Peter and my sister are both pyros so they enjoyed it.

 playing with the exhibits at OMSI

 Jonah loved the ball room.  Goodness, we all loved the ball room.  So fun.

 my little lab-rat

 we had to coordinate our goggles with our outfits!

 cute hands on section

 Benjamin LOVED this crane section where you could move the crane to pick up the blocks and use the trucks to deliver them all around.  He stayed here for the longest time!

 Auntie Amanda wanted to use the crane so pick up JoJo so we had a little fun.  :-)

 once we convinced him to put his feet in the sand, he liked this area

 Jonah loved all the shovels

 another area where Ben would have spent all day

 mixing water and balls together.  Jonah LOVED this and spent forever here throwing in ball after ball

 my little cheeseball ready for the fireworks downtown

 snuggling with my sweetie watching the fireworks

 our other sweetie didn't make it through the whole show

 they were out cold instantly in the car, even though we didn't move for a 1/2 hour due to traffic

 classic brother shot

 watching our little fireworks

 I love my sweet boy

 I am one blessed lady.  Truly, truly blessed

 Say cheese!

 my boys are lucky to be so loved by their Nana and Auntie

my boys love you Nana!