July 4th

A little belated, I know, but a friend gave me some pictures of Ethan from July 4th that are too good not to post. (By the way, these friends have the exact same SLR camera that we do, and their pictures are WAY better than ours, so I am determined to learn some more photography skills and push this Nikon D-80 to its potential!) On the 4th, we spent the day at our friends' place, grilling out and hanging in the back yard. They have triplets who are almost 3, and they pulled out all of their water and yard toys to create a toddler theme park in the huge back yard. We all played outside all day and everyone had a great time. The triplets did give their Daddy the gift of three consecutive poopy swim diapers (http://stayathometripletdad.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-could-have-lived-thousand-years-and.html), but other than that, the day went off without a hitch. That evening, we went to a July 4th party hosted by another church family and enjoyed more food and fellowship. Everyone was beat by the end of the day, and none of us stayed up late enough for fireworks.

Me with my very good friend, Quenta (a.k.a the triplets' Mommy)