This year’s 4th of July celebration looked a LOT different that last year’s. As much fun as New York was over a holiday weekend, after the last few months I was thrilled to be at home surrounded by my people. We pretty much spent the entire weekend around the pool together and had such a great time. The guys played cards and I don’t think the kids even got out of the water! July 4th is one of my favorite days of the year. I consider myself a pretty patriotic person and when you add food and family, what’s not to love?
Kamin ordered the cutest bathing suit earlier in the summer and didn’t love the bottoms. Fortunately for me, I was a huge fan and bought a cute black top to go with them. It’s kind of vintage looking, too, so it worked well. The high-waisted bottoms took some getting used to, but they are so flattering and I didn’t have to worry about any wardrobe malfunctions while playing with the girls!
Hudson is almost a year old — seriously, how did that happen?! He has been so fun in the water the last few weeks and this day was no exception. His toothy grin is about the cutest thing ever.
That’s pretty much my favorite view ever.
Typically, we head to Birmingham for fireworks and watch them on campus at UAB. We were trying to avoid the traffic and long commute this year and several people recommended Morgan Creek Winery’s Independence Day celebration. It’s local and convenient and we thought it was at least worth a shot. It was $10 per person to get in, which included parking, live music, fireworks, tours of the winery and a wine tasting. They had a local BBQ restaurant cater, so we just had a picnic for dinner and enjoyed the beautiful afternoon. I’m pretty sure we’ll make this a regular event, but we’ll definitely pack more of a tailgate set up for next time.
Can you tell I wasn’t diligent with the sunscreen that day? My kids are super tan and hardly ever burn and somehow I managed to completely forget to reapply after lunch and they both ended up with rosy cheeks. Thankfully, they were brown as a berry the next morning with no peeling. Whew.
We convinced Gran & Poppy to go with us, so Tazzie got lots of snuggle time in. She is such a Gran’s girl. So much so, in fact, that she fell asleep wrapped up in pink just like that and we had to carefully transfer her to the blanket sometime later. I think all that swimming wore her out!
The fireworks show was pretty good! It was much closer and lower to the ground that the big show downtown, which made for easier viewing for the girls. Granted, I didn’t get any really good photos, so you’ll have to take my word for it. I had asked Sophie earlier if she wanted me to wake her up when the show started and she said YES! Unfortunately, this was what her face looked like throughout the entire thing. She thought it was too loud and just wanted to go back to sleep. I think next year we’ll have to take a nap before we go.
Happy (belated) Independence Day, friends!
