4th of July Vacation

DAY 1

We had such a great time in Washington visiting family for the 4th of July weekend. We left Wednesday morning. The drive seemed VERY long. Our DVD player is jammed, so I went to the library before we left and got some books on CD for the kids. We listened to 3 1/2 hours of Junie B. Jones, First Grader both ways. Melanie was really in to them. The other ones weren't great hits and so they didn't last long in the player! We also jammed out to Taylor Swift. My girls are already in to music! It was good ole fashion traveling!
Thursday morning we helped my mom pick her raspberries. With such a cool summer, the raspberries did great this year. Don't they look delicious? Yum!!

We went and visited G & G McGary. The kids loved the endless candy bowl and toys downstairs.
Then we headed over to David's sister, Melissa's house. I always forget to take pictures while we are there. The kids LOVED to swim in the pool. It was very relaxing!!
The wii came out and the older ones had fun on that.
Dinner outside with all of the cousins. I have probably said this before but we are so lucky to have so many cousins to play with. Everyone has a buddy or 2. It is fun being pregnant at the same time!

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