These are the Days: 4th of July "Boro" Style

Warning: tons of tons of pictures so grab a cup of coffee and enjoy!

Happy 4th of July! What a wonderful way to celebrate the Holiday: fun, family and lots and lots of time to play! We traveled to Murfreesboro to visit Dana and Abby for the 4th. Mom and Dad went down with us so we had a great family Holiday. Let me just say my brother is possibly the luckiest guy in the world, his wife Abby is the most amazing person and the best Aunt I could possibly imagine for my children. Abby we LOVE you so very very much and am so grateful that you are a part of our family. God truly has blessed Dana with the most amazing wife in the world.
The fun started on Friday as we spent the day relaxing, just spending some quality time with the whole family. Dana and Abby just moved into their new house about a month ago and they live in the funnest neighborhood. On Friday the neighborhood had a block party and Cooper got go ride on the big blow up slide, brave little thing that he is went head first down the HUGE slide. We spent the rest of the day just enjoying spending time with each other and watching the kids play. Coop loved running through the sprinklers and riding his bike up and down the street. Dana's neighbor built a "dog and kid wash" it was so cute and both the kids really really enjoyed it. They also had games set up and all the neighbors brought their grills out to cook out together and have a fun night of food and fireworks. Cooper really enjoyed meeting some new friends and playing with Uncle D and Aunt Abby. The fireworks were wonderful and it was great that we could just sit in the driveway and enjoy them not having to drive somewhere and fight the traffic with sleepy kids. Brylee was not a huge fan of the fireworks so she got to enjoy some quite time cuddling with her Poppy inside the house. Cooper LOVED the fireworks and sat on Abby's lap amazed at all the pretty colors.
Saturday we had an amazing day at the Nashville Zoo. Cooper's favorites were the monkeys (of course) and he loved the crocodiles as well. Brylee just rode in the stroller watching everything and taking it all in. She is such a layed back baby it amazes me how easy going she is. Cooper was full of questions about the animals and luckily Bryan, Dana, and Poppy were ready to answer them all. Brylee tryed really hard to have a conversation with the giraffes but unfortunately for her they didn't speak Brylee talk.
Sunday: Have I mentioned before that I have the most amazing Dad and husband in the world. Well, if I haven't let me just say it now: they are amazing and I am so lucky to have them in my life. Dad and Bryan left out Sunday morning and brought the kids back to Kingsport leaving my mom and I in Nashville to shop kid free all day. Mom and I took full advantage of the time and headed to Opry Mills and did some serious back to school shopping. If you have kids you completely understand that a full day of shopping kid free is amazing you actually get to try things on instead of just hoping that it fits when you get it home. I'm still trying to think of a way to repay the guys for their good deed :)

BIG NEWS OF THE WEEKEND:

Brylee is completely DONE with baby food. She has decided that mommy and daddy's food is much better than the mush she was eating and she is DONE! YIPPEE
Brylee is taking her first steps! She is upto about 5 or 6 before she wipes out so we are well on our way to walking.

Sprinkler Fun