OH, OUR ACHING BACKS!

Since we've moved into our apt we've been using our futon as our couch. My back has been killing me and 2 weeks ago I stood up and it kinked my back so bad it took 2 chiropractor visits to get it back to normal.
So, I saw an ad with 4th of July sales on couches the other day and showed Geoff (his back has been aching from the futon too). We both agreed our backs couldn't handle it any longer! :)
I didn't want an expensive couch when our 2 little munchkins are just gonna dirty it up anyway so we went and found the cheapest comfiest (is that a word?) couch there and got it! Aedan is very proud of himself because he picked out his favorite (which happened to be the one we already chose) and that's the one we got. Him and Cali both think it's pretty cool.
It doesn't exactly match our decor but I got some pillows I liked and I'll just have to find some stuff to tie it together somehow. We are happy with our couch and our backs thank us for putting them out of their misery. :)
Here are the kids showing off the new couch...

Aedan pretending to sleep...

4TH OF JULY FUN!

We went to a big church breakfast at the park to start out our day. It was HUGE with tons of food. We put on our red, white and blue and headed over.
Geoff grilled us some cheeseburgers (we figured 4th of July was a day for burgers, ect) and it was delicious!!
Some friends invited us to go with them to watch the fireworks but Geoff had a paper to write so he couldn't go. I was going to take the kids but the fireworks didn't start until 9 and I wasn't sure how late we'd be out and how tired they would be. So, Geoff put them to bed and worked on his paper while I went to watch the fireworks.

Aedan posed for his picture but Cali didn't want to so I had to catch her on the run (literally). I decided to stick with the pigtails since they are so cute and I already had the flowers made. :)

Aedan pulled this wagon around all over! He let Cali sit in it or he'd just pull it by itself. Sometimes it would get stuck and he'd sit there and figure out how to un-stuck it and then keep going.

The wagon was a little wet from the ice and fruit they pulled in the wagon which resulted in this...

Geoff and the kids went over by the lake. Cali was close to the edge so Geoff told her if she didn't move away from the edge he was gonna throw her in. In this picture Cali is asking Geoff "You want me to throw you in?" He said it was pretty funny. That's our sassy Cali for ya!

Geoff used the ice water to wash the kids hands. They thought it was so fun! Cali wanted to do it again and again and I'm not sure why because the water was COLD! She sat and played with it for a while, crazy girl!

 The kids loved the ice cream! YUM!!

(I love Cali's face!)

A few (not so great) iphone pics of the fireworks...

RED, WHITE & BLUE SPIRIT

Today we wore Red, White & Blue for the 4th of July tomorrow. Cali wore a cute dress and I put her hair in the pigtails again but made flowers this time. Aedan wanted to take pictures outside so on our way to the car we took some pictures and had some fun with it. :)

Me & the kids:

Kisses!

This is supposed to be a kiss but it doesn't look like that's what's going on:

After church we went to help cut a bunch of fruit for a big 4th of July breakfast at the park tomorrow (with church peeps) so I changed Cali so she could keep the flowers in. I thought she looked pretty cute. :)

Aedan wanted pictures too but was being silly:

When we were gone Aedan got his shoes all wet and dirty so he wouldn't put them on and wouldn't walk on the ground either. So, I had him wear my flip flops. His little feet looked cute in my big flip flops and he posed in them.

walking away...

CURLY PIGGIES

Yesterday I put Cali's hair in pigtails which I haven't done in a while. It was pretty much one ringlet type curl on each side. It's hard to tell in the picture (she turned and it flew her hair around) but you get the idea.

A SHARK & SOME WATERMELON

Grandma, Grandpa & Maegan all came over on Thursday to go swimming! I cut up some watermelon and put it in the fridge so it would be nice and cold to take down to the pool and snack on while we swam.
The kids had a blast swimming with Grandma, Grandpa & Maegan there!! Geoff joined us when he got home from work and when we were done swimming we had Togo's for dinner. YUM!!!

Aedan taking a break to play with a truck...

Aedan & Maegan:

Grandpa & Grandma

Swimming around:

Swimming train:

Grandma & Cali

Maegan:

Grandma & Aedan:

Grandpa put Cali on his back and swam her around. Then Grandma was a shark chasing her and trying to eat her. It was a fun game. She did it with Aedan too and he would swim to me or get out of the pool and laugh. 

I took some of Aedan & I:

Cali spent a lot of time at the watermelon bowl. The kids LOVE watermelon (possibly more than I do even). She just stood there eating piece after piece and if she got in the water she'd get out a few minutes later to go back for more.