July 4 in Ocala

Kennedy loved the pool, she wasn't able to swim at the moment, because it was dinner time. I wonder what she is thinking about. Later, bit by bit, she slowly crept into the water via the stairs. It happened over a long period of time (15 minutes?) but her outfit was eventually soaked!

This is the life! Sitting by the pool eating mac and cheese with Daddy.

I don't really know what Jordan was thinking, but I'm thinking he reminds me of Fabio!

This is my sister in law Patty. She is from Georgia, still has her accent and is so much fun to be with. She loves to cook just like I do and we have shared many a recipe.

Ricky planned this dinner, it was quite the feast for about 16 people. Surf and turf.

Look Kennedy, this is Makenzie. She is a real live grown princess. Or maybe she is one of Cinderella's stepsisters, because the shoe doesn't seem to fit! Just kidding....she is a princess.

Evidence that we had a lot of feet at our house!

Bridger could hardly stand the anticipating of lighting the fireworks. You can see it in his body posture and the intensity of his eyes.

"Wow, I get to hold it myself! I wonder if the firemen will come. Is this what it's really like to see fire? This is hotter than I thought.....I want to be a fireman when I grow up."

I got the pictures mixed up, but at first Kennedy was really scared....then when she saw that she wouldn't get burned, she really enjoyed it. In fact, she was hypnotized ......

The girls in our family. Lindsay, Mabulane, Rebecca, Kimalee, Vanessa, me and Kennedy.

Vanessa and I.

Vanessa and Addison

Lindsay, Rebecca and Vanessa, my talented and blue eyed daughters

Greg, Ricky's brother, and his wife Patty.

One of their sons, Ryan. One of his many fortes is lighting fireworks:)

The Hardy Family: Makenzie, Scott, Kelly (Ricky's sister) and Skyler who has his mission call to the Denmark Copenhagen mission in September.

The fireworks were loud!

This ends July 4 in hot, humid Florida. Anyone ready for the beach?