It was ON!!!!!!!!!!!

We had our 4th of July ON this year!!!

We got things going on Saturday, July 3rd...

That afternoon we invited the

grandparents over for burgers!

Grandmother showed up with a festive cake &

Mamaw showed up with a delicious pie!!!We were lucky enough to have some

LIVE entertainment!!!:)That evening we headed over to my

Aunt Kitty & Uncle Ron's house...It was all about cousins and...FIREWORKS!!!The big kids had a BALL!

(while I was FREAKING out!!!)Little Miss Independance Day

stayed right by her mommy!!!My Uncle Ron is the best!

He is so involved and so generous.

I love him like a dad!!! Always have!

Little Miss did do some sparklers with Daddy!

She sparkles to me!Hudsy Puds was sparling with Aunt Lynna!It was such a nice night and I wasn't kidding

about the fireworks show my Uncle Ron

and cousin Patric put on...it was BIG!!!Talk about a firecracker!!!

Walker seemed so big to me that night...

We love us some Hunter B!!!Big City Cousin Lovin'Late that night it was time for

the 4th of July pj's!!!

We still had lots of celebrating to go!:)Church on the 4th of July?!?
Absolutely!!!

Who better to thank than God for this

amazing country where we live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!His first 4th!

Red, White, Blond, and Blue Eyed And ready to par-tay!!!

Or just grab anything within reach!!!

How 'bout these ice cream

cupcakes I whipped up?!? FINALLY...it was time for the annual

Hoodie 4th of July at the Reed Resort!!!After a yummy dinner those crazy Reeds

had all kinds of fuuuuu-kneeeeee games for us

to play. Each were "minute to win it" games!

What 4th of July is complete without

a pie eating contest?!?!??!?!!??!The contestants were too cute!Hudson loves his freedom!Then it was the Nemecs turn at a very

funny game of who could pull out the

most tissues out of a kleenex box in a minute?!?This was a HOOT!

Go Liza B! Score one for the Hoodie GIRLS!!!The Pierces had the "JUNK IN THE TRUNK"

game. I had noooo idea what I was getting into!You have a kleenex box duct taped to you

and there are several ping pong balls that you

have to SHAKE out of the box opening

WITHOUT using your hands!!!This was a WORK OUT!!!

I can't even imagine what I looked

like shaking my own JUNK!

I took one for the Hoodie Girls' team

and...........WON!!!

The Reeds took on this silly game...

you put vaseline on your face and then

using only your FACE you see how many

cotton balls you can get into another bowl!

OF COURSE Robin WON!!! Go Hoodie Girls!

And for the kids there was swimming, jumping

AND playing with all the cotton balls and

kleenex from our crazy games!!!All-American Kids, I tell ya!!!

It was a Party in the USA!!!

I'm thankful for my family, my friends,

our beautiful country and for all those that

serve and protect us!!!!!!!!!!!!Happy 4th of July!

Love...The Pierce Party of Five