Happy Birthday, America!

We're back from the beach, and it was awesome! But it's going to take a while for me to go through the pictures and write down all the details.

But in the meantime, we hosted my family at the house for an early 4th of July celebration yesterday, and had a blast. More pics coming on that, too!

For now, happy birthday to the best country in the world.

Tonight we tried sparklers for the first time. The kids were terrified. Finally we convinced them that the sparklers were magic wands, and we all sang "Bibbity Bobbity Boo" in the backyard.

Success!