4th of July Weekend.

We spent the weekend at my parents' house with my mom & dad, my sister, Ricky, Harleigh, & Savannah, my Grandma, Aaron's brother Michael & his girlfriend Casie.  

Here is a snapshot of our fun weekend:

4th of July Cakeballs.....

For what it's worth, in my mind I pictured taking a picture of the boys together sitting in green grass with their arms around each other, while holding a little American flag...

But in reality, I couldn't get the 2 of them in that position.

Well maybe I could have if I REALLY tried, but sometimes I just don't have the energy.

So, this is what I got instead - 

Savannah

I brought stuff to let Harleigh paint a shirt like the boys did.  She told me she knew she would be great at painting her shirt because she has been taking art classes since she was in kindergarten!  :)  

My dad & Savannah

My Family

My Family including my Grandma

(Grandma was "The Dog Whisperer" to Rigley all weekend)

Cousins

My sister and Garrett

After eating lots and lots of chocolate covered strawberries - 

Jackson trying to make Savannah laugh -

Kid's Slumber Party -

Garrett with his Uncle Michael and Casie - 

Jackson was such a "BIG KID" in the lake.  Not a worry in the world....

He jumped off of the boat dock 1,462 times.....

Getting ready to jump - 

"CANNONBALL!!!!!"

Garrett fell asleep -

Even Rigley went for a swim - 

Just hanging out with the guys.....

Fireworks and ice cream....

"HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!"

Homemade 4th of July Shirts.

I decided to let the boys make their own 4th of July shirts this year.  These shirts were so simple for them to make...thanks to a little masking tape!  I found this idea here:  The Family Scientista

Normally we do projects together, but since paint was involved I decided it may work out better if Jackson made his shirt while Garrett was still taking his nap (which allowed Jackson and I to have one on one time as well!) and then Garrett could do his when he woke up.  

I planned out the flag shirt using masking tape.  This made crisp lines when the tape was removed.....while the tape was on however, it just looked like a red painted mess.....

These next 2 pictures make me sad....well not sad, but make me say "awwwwwww."

Notice his eyes looking at his hand.  He is being careful and doesn't want the paint to run off of the tape and onto the sleeve.

But then he moves his hand {the hand with the finger that protected the shirt from the paint in the picture above} and sets it right on the sleeve.  This resulted in paint on the sleeve.  He didn't care, but looking at these pictures I can see that he did try to keep the sleeve white.

Looking kind of red...

After I removed the tape....

I knew Garrett would be a little more crazy with the paint, so I really prepared his shirt.  He got extra making tape and I taped the shirt to the towel....

Jackson said "Garrett really needs my help Mommy.  He doesn't know what to do since he is just a little guy." haha!

Luckily Garrett was in a serious, calm mood since he just woke up....

At this point he began to be a little rough with the paint brush.  

I had to put my camera down and show him how NOT to splatter paint.  

Now you all must wait a few days before you see them modeling their final product.  :) 

Happy 4th of July!