Happy 4th of July!

I hope everyone had a Fantastic 4th of July!! It was awesome for us, mainly because Daddy was home and we really missed him!!

Brian got home from training Friday night and didn't have too much time to get comfortable at home before we packed the Explorer to the brim and headed up north to Cottor's cabin. Logan had been looking forward to going to the beach for a few days and was super excited to see Stella again! It seems to be our annual tradition now to head up to Jan and Dennis Cottor's cabin in siren and enjoy the festivities! I'm very glad to say that it's not only our family tradition, but the entire Meyer families tradition...I hope! Bob and Carey and the girls were there, Mike and Deb came with the kids, Ben and Nicole where there with the kids as well and a ton of other people!

Part of the festivities is a HUGE fireworks show! This year was extra special since Jason Cottor was home from the military and Dennis went above and beyond on the fireworks this year!! Unfortunately Logan didn't really like them. Every time they would go off, and I mean EVERY time, he'd ask, "What's that?". Oh well maybe next year he'll get a kick out of them...Cody slept through them this year...no idea how he did that with the explosions literally right next to us and all the debris that was falling on us.

The weekend can be summed up with one word for me...sunburn. I got completely fried at the beach on Saturday. I bet your wondering right now why I didn't put sunscreen on myself after I caked it layer-by-layer on the boys...answer: I'm brain dead. No other excuse than I totally forgot and didn't even think about it. Here are a few pictures from the beach...



Uncle Dan rented a Jet-ski for the day!! It was a blast!! Logan didn't really like it all that much, but some day I'm sure we won't be able to keep him off of it!












Dorks!!


Then Sunday it was back home for a party at my parents house. It was a blast as well!! Steve and Uncle Zeke won the bean bag tournament...Brian and I did not do well at all!

Cody showing his patriotic spirit!!


My sunburn...my stomach and chest where burned but not as bad.








Grill Master Steffen!


Uncle Fats!




This year the hit was the driveway chalk. Almost everyone got in on the action of tracing people in the driveway. :-)
Logan




Auntie Kim


Grandma


Grandpa...and I believe Sherri and Cody also were traced.






Logan's other favorite thing to do that day was run through the sprinkler. Uncle Steve ran through it with him. Thanks Uncle Steven!!

Love this picture.


And Mom got in on the action as well...








Grandma Johnson showing us her Bean Bag skills!


Auntie Kim


Getting ready for Fireworks!


Cody was super tired and his hair was so gunked up with sunscreen and bug spray!




At first Logan didn't know what to think of the sparklers...but after a while he really liked them and as soon as they'd burn out would ask for another one!






It was a great 4th and Happy Birthday America!!