zach's birthday and holiday weekend

Zach had his 4th birthday party on Friday at a place called Pump It Up. They have nothing but giant inflatable things in which the kids can slide, jump, and run through. It was a great set up, and of course he loved to be the center of attention. He had some friends and cousins there, and it seemed like everyone had a great time.

We were able to have a picnic on Saturday after the rain finally let up. It was a chilly day,but the sun finally made it's appearance and it turned out to be a really fun afternoon. We went to Outlet mall by our house where they have the fireworks on the 4th every year. We got there at about 4pm and walked around for a little while to do a little shopping. We brought our picnic and set up right behind the car.

After dinner we found a spot in the grass and waited until about 9:30pm when the fireworks started. Brienna was such a trooper. She slept through the whole thing and did not move a muscle once. I was very shocked.

Sunday we went to a party for Zach's soccer team and Zach got his very first black eye playing in the pool with the other kids. He was not happy, but I thought it was pretty funny. Two of them jumped into the pool at the same time and her heal hit him right in the face. It's a little hard to see in the picture, but it is a perfect little half circle around his left eye.

Brienna turned 5 months on Sunday. She is getting very close to crawling. She will pull her legs up under her and then push with her feet to scoot to wear she wants to go.