Happy 4th!

Happy 4th of July! What a fun filled day! What's better than swimming on a hot day followed by fireworks! We had tons of fun at Nana's house swimming with Rachel, John, the kids, and Nana. It was a perfect day for it, being it was over 100 degrees here in town!
Lincoln started "swimming" on his own. Okay, he still had floaties on, but he was moving around on his own without the help of Mom or Dad. We started out with a small distance between Justin and I and had him quick his way to the other person. Pretty soon he was all over the pool. I tell you it does not take much for this kid to pick up on things! He doesn't use his arms very much but he can get around pretty quickly! And I wouldn't trust him without the floaties, but he seemed to love the independence "swimming" allowed! Here is a short video showing off his new skills~

We went over to Worthen Circle this evening to participate in a Potluck/Fireworks ward activity. It was fine, Lincoln had fun running around with all the other kids. I kn ow I have said it before, but that kid sure can run fast! He was chasing Rydman on his Bike and was keeping up pretty well!
He loved the fireworks! He was all smiles. And he clapped for everything. Even the smoke bombs! (My question is why anyone wastes their money on those!! Sorry to anyone who lists these as one of their favorites!) There were tons of fireworks, and we did not have to spend very much to enjoy them. Everyone combined their firework hauls, so it made for a pretty big show. The kids were loving the sparklers we brought as they were not the basic ones, these changed colors as they burned, so that was exciting! :) Other than that, we just enjoyed the numerous fountains that were set iff as well as all teh illegal fireworks we coudl see overhead throughout the neighborhood! I'm not sure about enyone else but there seemed to be even more illegal fireworks aroudn this year than in years past. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that the Casino's don't provide a big Fireworks show anymore? I'm not sure if that is really why, but it is kind of sad that they don't do large display's anymore! But we managed to enjoy ourselves just fine and overall, it was a great 4th of July!