July 4th Weekend

It was a sunny, hot and fun filled 4th of July weekend for us. Liz and Neil came down for the holiday. Max loved the attention of his Godparents and literally jumped on them all weekend long. Our neighborhood held its annual Independence Day celebration on Saturday. Max and I walked in the parade. The theme of this year's parade was Cottonwood Floats. There were some really creative floats, but Max's "float" was his wagon with a couple of flags stuck to it. It was not very creative, but he had fun and looked pretty cute! We also gave him Jeff's harmonica which he played for the first half of the parade and then decided that clapping and waving were more fun. It was very funny seeing the expressions on people's faces as we walked by with little Max tooting away on the harmonica!

Practicing up for the parade.

Such a ham!

Off to the parade.

Parading by Daddy.

Waving to his fans.

Here are a few other floats that were entertaining:

FEMA canoe

Spoof of the movie UP.

Noah's Ark. (a crowd favorite)

After the parade we decided to relax in the backyard and let Max stay cool in the sprinkler. This is what I have affectionately named our hillbilly water park.

Running in the sprinkler.

Couldn't get any closer without sitting on it!

Hooray for Uncle Neil!