Independence Day

We woke up early and headed into Columbus for their BIG Independence day parade!Even Jack really got into it. I LOVE how he put his little hand over his heart as a flag went by. So patriotic!

Hanging out and having fun!

The kids loved that everyone was throwing out candy! They each got a whole lunch sack full! They had many old cars in the parade that were used in the filming of the new movie public enemies since a lot of it was filmed in Beaver Dam! Everyone always has to pose for a picture with the HUGE cow!Jacob was in the parade! He was there supporting all of his activities! He's really into community theater and the performing arts! I even got a sneak peak of him in the play Peter Pan as one of the pirates, VERY good!After the parade we went back to the farm for some BBQ and slip-n-slide fun! The little ladies loved it, even if they had to have a little help getting going from Aaron.Jack and Lucy didn't enjoy it as much.

Then it was back to Columbus for the carnival and fireworks! Ella has always wanted to play one of the games they have at all of the carnivals. But they are always so expensive and you might not get to take anything home. This time they had one for little kids where not matter what, you get something! So Ella was very excited to win herself a little fishy!

Jamie was SO nice to go on the roller coaster with Ella! She felt so cool with Aunt Jamie by her side!The older little girls also had fun on all of the rides! Izzy got to come and have fun with us too!

I love all of their faces! Priceless!The little kids went on several ride together! Then it was time for the fireworks! I love love love going to Wisconsin over the 4th of July especially because I love the fireworks! They do this one thing where it's just a huge ball of fire into the sky! You can feel it like opening an oven. SO COOL! It was Ryan's first time seeing it. He thought it was really awesome too!The babies just like playing in the dirt! The whole group! I love being in Wisconsin in the summer! There is so many fun things to do together as a family!