4th of July

Danny, Courtney and Harper

 Unfortunately, Adam had to work on July 4th. He at least got off work at 2:30 (his normal time) so we still had some time with him. In the morning, I spent time doing laundry and cleaning. Nothing too eventful! Once Adam got home, I started getting things ready to go to my Grandma's house. It was a bring your own meat and a plate to share type thing. The day before, I had put some chicken in some marinade so it would be nice and juicy when we barbecued it. It turned out sooo good!

Mom and Ken

 My Grandpa usually was the one to work the grill. My grandpa has been gone now for two years. It was hard to not see him at the grill. :( I miss my grandpa very much! My dad did very well in his place as grill master.

Hammond Family

 We all had a good time seeing each other and catching up. My cousin's son, Max and his wife Courtney made it down from Las Vegas. It was fun to see that little guy! Courtney and I were in the SAME hospital on the SAME day having our babies. Max was born in the late hours of August 31st and Evan was born a few hours later in the early hours of September 1st. Two babies born hours apart with different birthdays! It was fun being in the same hospital with them. We never saw each other, but family that came to see them also came to see me.

Courtney, Max, Katheryn, Amy, Mason and Eric

 Logan had so much fun with his cousins running around in the backyard. I have so many memories of that backyard playing with MY cousins. I'm glad Logan can enjoy this house that I have so many memories in. I hope we can have many more memories in it.

Evan and Adam

 Evan had fun rolling on the grass and trying to get to people's food. He had a lot of fun playing with his cousin, Mason. Mason knows how to make him smile! I'm glad he loves my boys!

Evan

It was also my niece, Emma's, birthday. She turned two!!! What a big girl! I love her so much. She is such a diva and it totally fits her! She is definitely all girl. Happy birthday Emma! We love you!
After eating dinner, we sat around and played a fun version of baseball. It was a dart board type game. We just put it on the ground in the middle of all of us and we would take turns throwing mini bean bags at the targets. Then there was a watermelon seed spitting contest. Adam and I left before that game got in full swing.
After we left, we went to Adam's parent's house to pick up his sister (she lives with us and watches our kids while we are at work). Adam's older brother and his family were there, so we let Logan get out and play with his cousins for a little bit before we headed home.
By the time we got home, it was after 9 pm. It was a fun day and I'm glad I got to spend it with our families!