4th of July

Our original plans for 4th of July 09 were made well over a year ago. We were finally going to make it in town for my side of the family's annual get together at the lake. My aunt and uncle have a beautiful house coined Camp Bunky, right on the water, and a boat. Some folks stay with them and the rest stay near by and spend all the time at Camp Bunky. We had reservations for a 2 bedroom cabin, on the water. Then, as fate would have it, we FINALLY got pregnant...and our due date was July 6th. There was no way for us to know we would end up being in Missouri anyhow, and we really wish we could have gone to the lake, but it just wasn't in the cards for us. The great news is that we have two beautiful babies in place of a trip to the lake, so I think it's a fair trade! Since both babies were home and we couldn't go far, my parents came over for a low key BBQ and Nolan was able to shoot off lots of fireworks. It was a good time and we look forward to next year when we won't be quite so sleep deprived!

Nolan with a sparkler: My parents and the boys:

Our family of FIVE (still very surreal to me)! I'm holding Joseph and Brian's holding Daniel (and that is Brian's parent's dog, Snoop, who insisted on being in the picture):

Here you can really tell their size difference.

But big and small, they both steal our hearts everyday!! (Joseph's on the left, Daniel right)