The 4th of July...sort of

This year we did absolutely nothing on the 4th of July. We talked about it, but ended up just relaxing that day. We didn't feel too guilty about it because I had taken the kids the week before to see fireworks down the road from our house, and because we knew we were going out on the lake on Saturday to see fireworks. We had a really nice time. Andy's uncle and his wife went with us. His uncle isn't much older than him, so they have kids around the ages of our kids, so they were all excited about being together. Of course, I wouldn't be me if I didn't forget something, and this time it was my camera. We ended up leaving the boat at the lake overnight (Andy has a friend who lives on the lake) since there were quite a few people trying to load their boats on trailors as soon as the fireworks were over, so we went back Sunday afternoon to get the boat. The kids wanted to ride around again, and this time I remembered my camera. They all got a chance to ride on the tube by themselves, and then they all three rode together for a while, until Drew decided she'd had enough. They had such a good time. On Saturday they were a little nervous about it, and the water was really choppy from all the boats out there, but Sunday they were much more relaxed about the whole thing. Here are a few pictures of the kids on the tube (or tuba as Evan and Alli call it), and a little video clip.