We had a very full and festive 4th of July weekend!
Joseph and Ella had been talking all week about showing Daddy their jumps off of the big diving boards at the Westwood Club so on Saturday morning we headed over there for a few hours.
Ella started jumping earlier this week after watching Joseph and his friends jump off of it. She does great!! She normally stands at the end with her hands out (like in the picture below) and bounces for almost a minute and then will jump. As she is getting more confident she now will do "crazy" jumps and always comes up smiling!
Rich headed to the Padres vs Yankees game on Saturday night with my dad, Dave and Bri and they had a great time (and great seats!)
On Sunday afternoon we made our way to Coronado and met up with the Ozecks, my parents and Brian and Hollie for the concert in the park. There were actually two concerts that day for the holiday weekend. Our original plan was to go to the 4:00 concert and then head back to the Ozecks to grill and eat there but everyone was having such a great time there that we decided to send the guys back to grill before the second concert started and bring the food back and then picnic in the park during the second concert. It worked out great and was such a fun night!
Gotta love Coronado living! Heading to the concert
Listening to the Navy band when we arrived
Took a little break from dancing and played on the most crowded playground that I have ever experienced!!
Spent some time climbing the trees!
They had SO much fun dancing in front of the performers!! The dancing crowd for the Navy Band was minimal but for the second performance the lawn was packed with all sorts of people dancing!
Joseph had some pretty good break dancing moves!
Fun with Aunt Hollie!
Back to the picnic area for dinner time!
After dinner wrestling with Uncle Bubba
Festive 4th of July cake for dessert
On Monday, the actual holiday, we swam in our pool in the morning and got ready for our block party that was taking place that afternoon. The girls helped Daddy fill up water balloons (gotta love the improvements over the years-this was so easy! 100 balloons in 60 seconds! Genius whoever thought of this idea!!)
Only picture I got of the three of them and not a good one at all but figured I had to include it.
Our neighbors organized a block party which was a blast! We met some new neighbors from the other end of our street and just had such a fun time! There were a TON of kids and I don't think I saw Joseph the entire time since he was so busy playing!
One of the families brought out foam from dry ice which Julia absolutely LOVED!! She put it all over her hair and just kept saying and signing, "more, more!"
Playing games with one of the older girls
A semi organized water balloon fight game!
There were all sorts of fun and games!
Julia crashed around 7:00 which was nice because then I didn't have to chase her around for the last hour or so and got to really visit and hang out with people! Everyone started packing up a little after 8:00 as it was getting dark-there was no set plan to watch fireworks but Ella kept asking to go and see "real fireworks" so I took Joseph and Ella to see the fireworks from RB High at the top of the hill where my parents used to live. They were super excited to use the glow sticks that we had bought and to see the fireworks, although Ella said they were a little scary once they started and sat in my lap for the entire show. Our viewing location avoided any traffic so we were able to sneak out of there right after it was over and the kids fell right to sleep as soon as we got home. Long but super fun day! We had such a great long weekend and it was the perfect combination of family, friends and fun! Happy 4th!
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