{"id":21522,"date":"2012-07-11T15:57:18","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T20:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/?p=21522"},"modified":"2012-07-16T14:31:36","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T19:31:36","slug":"morning-of-the-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/11\/morning-of-the-4th\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning of the 4th!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3113\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3113_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We always have fun the morning of the 4th dressing up and being in the parade!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3085.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3085\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3085\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3085_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before the kids got into their swimming suits, we were lucky enough to snap this picture after the parade.&#160; They are sitting from youngest to oldest: Coco, Rose, Laney, Anna Kate, Mac, and Noelle.&#160; Gran would be so thrilled about this!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3048.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3048\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3048_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3068.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3068\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3068\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3068_thumb.jpg\" width=\"329\" height=\"471\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t help lining my girls up to capture the moment\u2026 they are growing so fast, and it\u2019s now or never.&#160; My friend Cindy said make the effort to take the pictures now, and work on them later.&#160; Just to have the pictures are so important to me because I never want to forget this time in our lives!&#160; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3055.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3055\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3055\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3055_thumb.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"412\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3056.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3056\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3056\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3056_thumb.jpg\" width=\"294\" height=\"412\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rose and Rara enjoyed watching the parade with Mike, while Anna Kate, Noelle and I were in the parade with Hunter, Mac, and Laney.&#160; It was my first year to be in the parade\u2026 It was a blast!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3060.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3060\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3060_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"385\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the parade, Noelle kept yelling \u201cHappy 4th!!!\u201d to the parade goers and waving as big as she could.&#160; The crowd would yell it back, \u201cHappy 4th!\u201d and then we\u2019d say it again to the next bunch.&#160; All the kids joined in, and their little voices were so cute saying, \u201cHappy 4th!\u201d&#160; I so wish I had gotten that on video.&#160; It was awesome!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3063-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3063-001\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3063-001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3063-001_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"358\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love this picture because you can see our bubble machine in action!&#160; The kids on the side of the street had a blast chasing the bubbles.&#160; They were definitely a hit again this year!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3065\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3065_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And we were off to wish the next group of people, \u201cHappy 4th!!!\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3078.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3078\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3078_thumb.jpg\" width=\"184\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3080.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3080\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3080_thumb.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3099.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3099\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3099_thumb.jpg\" width=\"385\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3100\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3100_thumb.jpg\" width=\"159\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3102.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3102\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3102_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3126\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3126_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3129-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3129-001\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3129-001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3129-001_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Aunt Elsie and Uncle Fred with their family!&#160; So great to see everyone together!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3150\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3150_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Hunter and Emily with their kiddos!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3205.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3205\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3205_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then after lunch, we had a melt-down, so it was time for naps!&#160; Wahoo!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3210.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3210\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_3210_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"396\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s super dad helping his princesses get to bed!&#160; 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