The boys had a busy 4th of July week!  They spent the first half of the week in Fort Dodge at Annie and Papa's house.  They made a fort, went to the splash pad, played in the swimming pool, played games, and had a great time!  The second part of the week, they spent time in Emmetsburg at Grandma and Grandpa's house . . . lots of lake time!  Brian and I came up to Emmetsburg on Friday morning and we all spent the 4th of July in Emmetsburg together.  Friday was a great day for jumping off the dock, going for a boat ride, playing bags and of course watching the fireworks.  Gavin slept through the fireworks show and Colton & Austin stayed outside for the entire time. I had to hold Colton, but it was great that he wanted to watch all of them this year, he even fell asleep at the end! Austin laid in the back of Uncle Nate's pick up truck next to Grandpa!  Colton's favorite ones were the green ones and Austin loved ALL of them and couldn't pick a favorite.

 

On Saturday Brian was in a golf tournament so Austin, Colton and I went to the beach to meet Jamie and Keller.  We played in the water for a couple hours, tried to catch minnows and then Nate and Amanda showed up to say hi.  Amanda's sister, Sarah, brought five baby ducks with her to the lake to show the boys.  Austin held one of the ducks!  Nate's friend Cory took Ausitn & Colton on a boat ride after that.  Jill and I took Gavin on a long walk while the big boys were gone.  When Brian got home from the golf tournament, we sang happy birthday and celebrated!  Gavin was not sure about that cake . . . there was too many candles!  :)  It was a great weekend and it was a wonderful week for the boys!