God bless the USA! :)

We spent a wonderful long weekend with family and friends attending many cookouts, eating lots of great food, playing lots of fun games and celebrating the wonderful life that we live here in the USA!!!  It started on Saturday with a picnic in Gram and PapPap's neighborhood...complete with cotton candy, snow cones, fried chicken and face painting...so much fun!  

mmm...cotton candy...mommy's favorite!

loves some strawberries

strawberry seed smile :)

fun times with Gram

waiting patiently in line to get his face painted...we couldn't convince him that it was okay to move a little closer!!

face painting is serious business, Mom!

checking out his face paint in the mirror :)

Gram and Hunter

Mommy and her little man :)

so tickled with his painted face

Then, we enjoyed a fun picnic at friends Matt and Shannon's house, where Hunter had a blast playing with their daughter, Scarlet...they played in the water for hours and Hunter got to watch his first fireworks display...he loved them!  He also got to play with sparklers and glow sticks, which he was quite a fan of! :)

Scarlett and Hunter playing the "kink the hose game" - Hunter got quite a kick out of this!

Chowing down on a hot dog!

Thought sparklers were so cool...and the fireworks were even more amazing to him!

Finally, on Monday, we headed to Montpelier to visit the Hunt family.  Hunter and Foster had a blast playing in their kiddie pool, the parents had a great time catching up and everyone got a little cuddle time with Asher!  Then, Will grilled up his wonderful chicken and veggies, which totally hit the spot!  It was a wonderful way to end our weekend and Will's vacation (work starts again for him tomorrow)...

what a wonderful feeling...

Mommy and her little bundle of joy

Foster and Hunter having a blast in the Hunt's cool kiddie pool!

We hope that you all had a wonderful holiday weekend and that you are staying dry through all of this rain...as Hunter says "it is what makes the flowers grow and the grass green" - it is nice to have that little reminder when you are feeling a little done with the rain! :)  Have a great week!!