4th of July Weekend

We spent 4th of July weekend in Kingwood with my parents, and sister Emily. We had a relaxing fun time. When we arrived on Friday afternoon, the storms from Hurricane Alex were dropping buckets of rain on Houston! We decided to go ahead and take Kailey to her first movie, Toy story 3. She had a great time, but she would NOT sit still, so we probably won't do that again for awhile!





On Saturday morning, the rain held off long enough for us to go to the 4th of July parade. It was 2 HOURS LONG! It was insane. It was SO humid and hot. Once we were there, we were trapped, so Casey ended up sitting in the car with Makenna so she could stay cool. Yuck!





The parade was so long, that this old fire truck broke down right in front of us, blocking our view! It was crazy!

On Saturday afternoon, Casey and I went downtown to Yia Yia Mary's (greek food...YUM!) and to get some Sprinkles cupcakes. They were yummy, but only a couple of them were spectacular (chocolate peanut butter and key lime were my faves!). The others were just normal cupcakes! Definitely not worth what we paid for them!





We also got to visit my friend Jenn and her new baby, Nick!


On Sunday we had BBQ for lunch, and spent a lot of time in the pool! Kailey has graduated to using floaties and a real tube!


That afternoon we made 4th of July cupcakes.





We also attempted some family pictures!






That night we went to the fireworks. Kailey was scared they were falling on her, even though it doesn't really look like it in these pics! My mom kept having to tell her they were far away so she wouldn't be scared.




On the way home from Houston we stopped and ate at Panda Express. Kailey wanted to take her picture with the giant "pana bear".



It was a good trip!

Just as a comparison, here are our past 2 4th of July pics. Kailey has really grown!

2008




2009



2010