Happy Independence Day!

This Independence Day rocked hardcore folks. Any time spent with my family is the best time ever and this holiday always has memories attached to it. Also, since I went to Ireland and saw how crappy the Brits were to them...I appreciate our independence a bit more...so this was a special Independence day.
Here are some highlights:

• McCall on Saturday morning with my dad, my lovely, my sister, my brother, and Ollie was beyond awesome! Pancake house, huge scoops of ice cream, and watching Ollie play on the beach was the best.
• Dance party with Ollie!
• Yummy homemade dinner courtesy of my aunt and mom and then hanging out in the backyard watching the dogs and Ollie play.
• Kickball game with family and friends! My team lost horribly but I did score! It was good times in hot weather.
• Ollie's first experience with sparklers and pop its!
• Monday Josh and I got our haircut by his talented sister-in-law and we jammed out to some Sleigh Bells
• The HUGE fireworks show was preceded by hanging out with my handsome, my siblings, and our awesome friends.
• And, of course, Ollie did not disappoint on the comedy..here are some of my favorite Ollie-isms from this weekend:
• "The moon is made of sour cream"
• "Bug! STOMP!" (and stomped on the bug...such a boy)
• "Now I have annergies"
• Darin: Ollie why is your hand down your pants? Ollie: my butt itches! (again..such a boy)
• Me: Ollie where did you get that scratch on your arm? Ollie: I dreamed that a spider bit me in the lab.  (then whenever you asked him after this about the scratch he just said a spider bit me in the lab)
• Ollie was getting pretty spazzy while drinking some Powerade before the fireworks..Me: There's sugar in that Powerade huh?. Ollie: Ohhhhhh yeaaaaaahhhhhh!
• While holding him..Ollie: Where's Aunt Allison? Where is she? I can't find her!..seriously a comedian this kid.
• Josh shared a few of the Ollie-isms I've missed:
• "That song is from Toilet!"-referring to the Twilight soundtrack..he loves the soundtrack because even though the movie sucked it has great music.
• He also knows who the Foo Fighters are..even if its a brand new song he knows what it is.
• Hard rock music is bad music (as in awesome music) and acoustic music is good music (as in for good guys)

So overall this past weekend was fantastic. Its always hard to come back to Spokane when I have so much fun with the family. But the distance definitely makes me grateful for the blessings I have :)

To check out more pictures I took of my time with family...lookie here