Happenings of the 4th

Our 4th started out pretty low key. We all slept as much as we could in the morning and had a pretty relaxing day. Late afternoon we hung out with some teens from our church, playing Volley Square (which is a favorite game). I even baked a cake, celebrating 2 of the teens birthdays. It was Confetti Cake - a youth group favorite.

We had plans to hang out and watch fireworks after Volley Square but before we went, we ran home so I could feed Jaxen. And I'm so glad we stopped by the house - because this is what we saw when we got home:

Part of our tree in the front yard had fallen! This is the 3rd time a section of our tree has come down. What we have learned, is that this tree does not have a long life, and it is just dying and old. We are tired of losing a section of a tree at a time - so we are in the process of finding someone to remove it, and then we will plant a new tree in it's place.

So before we got to enjoy fireworks - Nik spent some time cutting it up so we could move it out of our driveway. I helped haul the branches once they were cut.

We finally made it to hang out - and while we waited we played some Ladder Ball, Boccee Balll and Frisbee:

Here is our group, hanging out before the fireworks:

And here is Jaxen during the fireworks - sleeping! You can't really see it, but one of our friends put a glow-stick bracelet on him. It was pretty cute!

I hope everyone had a Happy 4th of July!

We are looking forward to more company - Nik's parents are coming to see Jaxen!