More Fun on the Fourth

After the Splash Pad, we enjoyed some beignets from Coffee Call. YUM!!! Then we rested, relaxed, and played a game of Apples to Apples. We enjoyed hamburgers, hot dogs, and watermelon. And later, we headed off to the USS Kidd for more Fourth of July fun.

On our walk to the Mississippi River, we saw these mounted police officers. The one on the right noticed how excited Claire was to see the horse, so he stopped and suggested that we get the kids out of the strollers and take a picture with them.

And down by the river, we FINALLY found an open snow ball stand! (We'd been trying to get a snow cone for quite a while, but the shops near us were all closed. - And snow cones are called snow balls in Baton Rouge!) And as we ate our snow balls, one of the ladies who took our order asked if she could take our picture with the snow balls - because we looked so good eating them. She said she's putting it on their website! Fun, huh?!

Family photo time!


Claire with Grandma and Grandpa

The boys

The girls (We're just slightly outnumbered for now!)

We watched a staged bombing on the USS Kidd, (find pictures in the next post), and then some hot air balloons started filling up. I love hot air balloons! - Someday, I just might go for a ride in one!

But instead of staying there and watching the balloons take flight, we decided to go back home and let the kids play some more. (And we enjoyed being in air conditioning again. - I believe it was Jordan and Chris whom I overheard saying, "Why did we have to declare our independence in July? Why couldn't it have been November 4th? We could handle being outside and watching fireworks in November!")

So Ryan and Claire wasted no time getting right down to playing!

Later, we headed out again for the fireworks. There were lots of people, (of course), but we found a good little spot and enjoyed the show. Claire stayed home with Jordan, since he had to go to bed early so he could be at the hospital at 5:30am for clinicals today. Maybe she'll enjoy her first fireworks next year.

Kyle and Ryan liked them, though!

I had a great 4th of July! I'm so grateful to live in America. I'm so grateful for those who have sacrificed to serve our country. And it was great to be able to celebrate with some of our family members. God bless the USA!!!