July 4th Neighborhood Parade

We had a great July 4th, though it was oppressively hot. On the night of the 3rd, we went to hear the Houston Symphony give a free patriotic concert - it was outside and very hot but we had a great time. They closed the show with some fireworks.

On the 4th, we went furniture shopping for new bunk beds for the girls - we found some great ones that were on sale and they'll be delivered in about a week. I'm really excited. Then we can start setting up the nursery for the baby. I'll feel a lot better once we have things better organized. Then we went to the mall and let the girls run around, then went home to rest. I was not feeling well that day so Anna Claire and Gary went to watch the fireworks and Leah and I stayed home.

On Sunday night, our neighborhood had a parade for the kids where they decorated their bikes and rode around the block (so fun!) and then we had a big pizza party with snow cones, watermelon and some yummy side dishes. We just sat around in lawn chairs and had a great time getting caught up with the neighbors and the kids had a blast playing together. We live in a very social neighborhood but haven't seen a lot of our neighbors lately because it's been so hot. It was fun to see everyone! Here are some pictures from the neighborhood gathering...

Picture 1 - some of the kids from our neighborhood who rode their bikes in the parade.

Picture 2 - Gary and Leah having some dinner (Leah not being real cooperative about having her picture taken)

Picture 3 - Alyssa, Anna Claire, Leah and Karmen. Leah is looking so big with her hair in pigtails!