4th of July weekend!

Friday, July 3, Brent had the day off for the holiday, so we decided to take advantage and go to the St. Louis Zoo. We had a lot of fun. The zoo is really big and beautiful! We don't have many pictures, but here are a few of Leila on the carousel and sitting by a butterfly. I do have a cute video of Leila and Ben, but I can't figure out how to crop it down to a few seconds... if I figure it out I will post it later!
For the 4th we were invited to a BBQ where they had swimming pools and slides set up! Leila tried the slide once and enjoyed it, but didn't want to do it again! :) Here she is showing off her new swimming "soup", as she calls it.

She and Brandon LOVED the brownies and here they are sharing one ... precious!


After the BBQ we went home and did our own fireworks with Jordan, Chelsea, Katie, Brandon, and Lyndee.
Brent and Jordan went and bought a TON of fireworks! As you can see Jordan was our fireworks man... he did most of the show for us. Leila's "FRavorite" fireworks were the sparklers and the Roman Candles.
Here is Leila getting ready for some of the loud fireworks, which turned out not being as loudas we thought, but she was ready!And no post is complete without this cute little man's smile!! Isn't he CUTE!!