Adam and Holly's 4th of July Party

We were invited to Adam, Holly, Katie and Tyler's party on Saturday. I was expecting a normal cook-out type party, but it was so much more! Holly had planned out so many fun things for the kids. There was a paper airplane contest, a water balloon toss and a pinata! And whether they won or not, every kid got a prize. It was a super, duper party... not just a normal one.

We took this picture as we were about to leave. Lucas and Ellen were worn out from all of the fun...

Here is a picture of Lucas and Katie, his favorite girl : ) Just like Lucas usually does at parties, he stuck to her (the host) like glue. I think they had a great time. Lucas really likes Katie, and did a couple of sweet things yesterday. First, as we were getting ready to leave our house for the party, he put on his converse high tops. I bought these for him to wear for his school pictures, so he thinks they are his "nice shoes" and he has said that he hates them. But he wore them yesterday for some reason... my guess is he wanted to wear his nice shoes to Katie's party! Next is when they had just broken the pinata. Lucas came up to me and said he wanted me to help him find some more candy for Katie because she only got two pieces. THEN, at the end of the night all of the kids were playing in this big blown up ball in the back yard. It was getting rough, so Jeff went to regulate. He later told me that one of the little boys was running and jumping on the ball and Lucas was protecting Katie by hovering over her and kicking the little boy away as he jumped on them. Sweet little guy...

At one point during the party my girl wanted go out the front door to see the water. I didn't know what she was talking about, but later figured out that she thought the street was the water. It DID have sort of a blue tint that time of day.

Here is the turkey after a lot of playing!