Party at our house!!

OK so this fourth of July, mom had the great idea that we would be hosting our neighborhood party at our house....complete with a HUGE water slide, water balloon fight, lots of food and TONS of people!  It was a fabulous time, and I have the best neighbors who all stuck around and helped us clean up.  Matt was thrilled not too happy about the grass issue, as we had a mud pit in our backyard after the continuous splashing of the water slide, but overall we had a grand time.  We had over 70 people at our house, and my kitchen floors took the worst of it.  It made my night, though, to see Laynie having a blast with her neighbors and friends.  We are so lucky to live in such a great neighborhood! We also had a grand finale for the fireworks show that would have rivaled any on the Strip.  One of the neighbors pulled up with literally a truck full of fireworks.  I think like 57 of the big huge, shooting in the sky (ahem....illegal) ones.  It was pretty cool.

Other highlights of the day included the icky weather which threatened to ruin our whole day (see pics with water slide...clouds and rain all day until about 5:00pm), Gabi's meltdown at the end of the day (see above for pic), mom (me) getting stung by a wasp at the beginning of the party, the wonderful bike decorating contest and parade.  Good times!!!