4th of July week

Every 4th of July we spend it with my family up on the compound. I think that there was just a couple of years that we didn't because it was after my mom died and it was just hard for a while. Well we started going back up there because the kids really like it and Larry and I love it up there. There is always something going on around the property there that keeps us busy and the kids busy of some sorts. Madison has a friend there that she plays with and Zach and Carson hang out with us or with my nephew's and cousin's. I love it when they are there because all they do is play outside everyday, we have beach fires and try and swim in the bay if it isn't too cold and play on the beach.

This year we left on the 3rd for Bellingham and we camped in our regular spot right behind my grandma's house and right in front of my sisters house. It is the best camping spot ever.

This is the kids in the morning of the 4th of July. We are getting ready to go have breakfast. My aunt and uncle do a big breakfast on their deck and invite neighbors and their ward to come have a pancake breakfast. We had pancakes, bacon, eggs sausage, whip cream and fresh strawberries from my aunts garden.

Zach waiting patiently or else just waiting for his cousins.

My grandma, she has to make sure that she doesn't have any skin that can see the sun or she has a really bad reaction. That is because of her kemo pill she has to take, so everytime she goes outside she puts this hat on with a bandana on the inside of it and then she puts gloves on her hands and a coat. I love her so much.

She never misses out on a good party

The view from my aunt and uncle's deck.

This is my aunts artichoke plant that she grew. It is super tall.

My aunt and cousin have goats and she breeds them and sells them and then she also keeps some and my cousin takes them to the fair. One of her goats had babies not to long ago so my aunt took all the kids that were there to see the goats and pet them. They are not easy to catch.

Zach and Carson waiting patiently to see if a goat will get close enough for them to catch.

Carson took the camer from me and so these next pictures are of what Carson took.

After evryone had left a good friend and neighbor of the family came over with her face painting things and painted some of the kids face.

Zach wanted a shark.

I don't know what Carson is but he kept on calling himself the ice man.

I never get tired of this view. My grandma's house is the one on the right.

Our family picture for the 4th of July. We always seem to face the sun.

We have started setting off fireworks. Carson didn't like it so he was up at my grandma's with Larry.

Zach loves the 4th of July, he loves to light off fireworks.

Mt Baker

One of the kids smoke bombs that they lit.

Me and Zach

We got one of those lanterns like you see in the movie Tangled and so it took my brother in law and sister  and myself to get it started.

The moon rose right over the tree's and it looked amazing over the water.

Fireworks

The next day we had a beach fire. This is Zach, my niece Jordin and my cousin Taylor.

Good Morning on day 3 of being their. Madison and her friend slept in the tent there.

We played on the beach that day because it was so nice. It is nice to have the beach right across the road.

We had a beach fire on the next day as well. But this time my uncle got his boat out and took some of the kids out to go tubing. Zach wanted to go too.

I wish this picture was better because I love it how you can see Bellingham right behind the boat.

It is Zach's turn and my uncle is helping him on the tube.

Here they go, will it work.

He is on and going but they had to go super slow because everytime they would speed up Zach would start to go head first into the water and I think it is because he was just too light.