Happy 4th of July!

On the 3rd of July we hit up the fireworks in Fort McDowell.  Not quite like a Kollen Park setting, as we were in chairs in a parking lot of a casino, but it was still a great show!

4th of July was relaxing! Pool during the day, dad's famous ribs for lunch, traditional flag cake for dessert, and then we hit up the park at Fountain Hills for some fun activities. 

Making the flag cake, Ty mostly just snuck blueberries and raspberries :)

Notice Ty again sneaking a raspberry!

Walking to the park for some activities!

bounce house!

Addi sporting her 4th of July dress!

She was not sure about the petting zoo

How we found Ty sleeping later that night.... not at all on his mattress, but on the hardwood floor.... not sure how he found that comfy. 

Water Fun!

My parents had this tiny pool on their patio which was great.  The kids went in it at least 3-4 different times through out the day when we were at the house. 

Trains, Butterflies, and Dates!

Ty LOVES trains. Ty LOVES train tracks.  There was a small train in WI which we had gone to which he had loved so we knew he would absolutely love the Train Park in AZ.  This place is awesome. They have train museums, train models, train rides, railroad crossings, everything a little boy who is obsessed with trains would love. 

Ty jumping up and down with his train ticket waiting to board!

Yay!

Everyone all aboard!

Addi's ready!

His face when he saw there was a tunnel to go through!

His face when he spotted the end of the tunnel! Priceless!

Checking out the signal house

Checking out the models

Another favorite.... mini railroad crossing!

Riding the train again!

Our next outing was to Butterfly Wonderland!

Ready to watch the 3D movie

Butterfly Whisperer

One of the evenings Nate and I got to go out on a date!  We went to a great restaurant and then hit up Dave & Buster's for some fun :) It's really good that their is no Dave & Buster's around us, I would go way to often and spend way to much money! 

 I WON THE JACKPOT! 980 tickets (it had reset back to 250 when we took this)!  I felt like a little kid, it was awesome... we should have gone and bought a real lotto ticket. :)

Gotta love the photobooths that I drag Nate into!