Three 'lil firecrackers

What a FABULOUS 4th of July!!!

Our three adorable firecrackers had a blast at the beach with cousins and friends.

We could not have asked for a better day!

After Luke's morning nap, we headed out for a day at the beach.

The kiddos were so excited to see their cousins again.

This picture of the cousins with Great Pop is a hoot! 

The big cousins (Alli & Victoria have silly faces);

the little cousins (Alexandria & Eli) are so not interested in having a picture;

and the baby cousins (Anna & Luke) aren't quite sure what to think!

We actually managed to get one pretty decent shot of the whole family

(minus Tony who didn't make it up for this trip and was missed!)

And, the Hubers were there too!  Doesn't get any better than this!!!

Even Luke seemed pretty darn happy to be at the beach, enjoying his "office"

and taking a very good nap in the pack-n-play out there.
In fact, it was such a good nap that he missed being in the parade!

He did, however, make it in time to see the tail end of it and seemed very impressed ;-)

The bigs had so much fun in the parade this year.

We brought out both cars, the wagon and the stroller and all were thrilled.

Eli decided he would be the one to help Barbie Gramma decorate this year . . .

Alli and Victoria took turns driving the Escalade.

Taylor drove the Mustang while Lizzy gave the BEST parade wave ever!

Eli and Ava rode in the wagon and tossed (or ate!) candy at the crowd.

Alex happily rode in the red, white and blue stroller.

What fun they had and Victoria even won the prize for "Best Smile" ~ go Vic!

She looked so darn cute in her medal and the prize was $5 ~ woo  hoo!!!

After the parade, the kiddos decided to hit the beach and go swimming with the Dads.

Sadly, given my bum knee, I couldn't go down but based on these pictures, everyone had fun!

By 7pm, the kiddos were getting tired, though not all wanted to admit it, so we headed home.

Thankfully, all three of our 'lil firecrackers are currently sleeping through the loud fireworks!