Happy Birthday Madison and America!!

Well, the nice thing about having your birthday on July 4th is that most people remember that day, you usually get the day off and there's a parade and fireworks, all for you. The problem is that a lot of people go out of town, especially if the 4th falls around a weekend like this year, and that means that when you're young, you do your party the week before. So, June 28th was Madison's birthday party, and that also happened to be Pleasant View's Founders Day, and Madi's softball team was in the parade that morning, with half the team invited to the party that afternoon. We left the house by 7:30 am, went to the city's breakfast, staked out a place for the parade, watched the parade, the kids did some of the attractions that were set up, then went home to set up for our own party.

We kept the party simple, just did it at our house, set up the Slip 'N Slides, and had water shooters for a water fight, but by the end of the day, we were exhausted. Madi and her friends had a great time, not to mention my dad, brother and husband did as well. The three adults instigated most of the water fight. [One nice thing about having summer birthdays is the parties are usually really easy to plan because they can all be held outside.] All in all, it was a great day, a little hot, but we had a breeze to keep it tolerable. So, Happy 9th Birthday Madison!!


Madi in the Parade

Alyssa and Brandon at the Parade

Slip 'N Slidding Away

Presents!!

More Presents!!

Alyssa, Mya and Jax (my niece and nephew) chillin' in the pool.