4th of july recap

we had a great 4th of july! the day started off with us going to my parent's house for a pancake breakfast (hunter's favorite!). the boys had tons of fun with their cousins and were bummed to leave, but they knew that they had a full day ahead of them.

after my parents, we drove down to oceanside to spend the rest of the day with brandi's side of the family. her aunt and uncle own a condo steps away from the beach, so we always look forward to heading down there.

we had a full day of walking around the street fair, going to the beach, and swimming in the pool. there were, of course, a couple of moments that we'll never forget!

hunter, of course, loved playing in the sand with jadyn. those two had so much energy, just watching them play made me tired.










then brandi's cousin rylee was playing with ethan, when all of a sudden, we heard her scream. turns out that the flock of seagulls passing overhead decided to leave her a little surprise... on her sunglasses! in the midst of all the laughter and commotion, we realized that the seagull nailed ethan's back as well.













but that's nothing compared to what happened next. after we were done at the beach, we decided to head back to the condo, rinse off, and take a quick dip in the pool. both hunter and ethan were loving the water, so we decided to let them swim for a while.










after a little while, hunter looked at me and in a whimper said, "daddy, poo poo." just to make sure, i said, "hunter did you say boo boo, or poo poo?"

"daddy, poo poo!"

lifting him out of the pool, "okay buddy, go let mommy see..."

mommy's reaction said it all! we jumped out of the pool to head back to the condo and change hunter. easier said than done. along the way, hunter's swim diaper began to give it's contents began to run down his leg. thankfully, brandi's mom volunteered to clean him up. after a few minutes of hard, manual labor, he was clean... but the towel was a goner.

after that fiasco, we enjoyed some good company as we awaited the fireworks show to begin. hunter was super excited to watch the fireworks. as 9pm hit, we all gathered on the balcony to watch the fireworks, only to see that the fog that had rolled in was so thick, that we couldn't see a thing... literally nothin'! we saw A firework throughout the entire 20 minute show, and just heard the noise for the rest of the.

hunter was bummed, but took it like a champ!