{"id":49842,"date":"2015-08-03T01:41:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T06:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/?p=49842"},"modified":"2015-08-07T23:46:11","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T04:46:11","slug":"were-at-the-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/03\/were-at-the-4th-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"“We’re at the 4th of July!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now that it\u2019s August, I\u2019m posting pics from our favorite weekend of the summer, hey!  We stayed an extra day this year, but it went by faster than ever.  Tying with Christmas, this is our favorite holiday by far, thanks to my Aunt Elsie and Uncle Andy!  It\u2019s just so awesome to me that our girls will tell their children stories about their 4th of July adventures at the lake.  Each year, when we drive over the big bridge on the way into town, the girls scream delightedly, \u201cWe\u2019re at the 4th of July!\u201d  The 4th of July is just as much a place for them as it is an historical moment for our country.  <\/p>\n

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Gracie loved Aunt E!<\/p>\n

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This is such a sweet picture of our whole family.  Mike adores us, and we\u2019re crazy about him right back!  So thankful Aunt Joe was shooting today too\u2014She\u2019s an artist in every sense of the word!<\/p>\n

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Sorry buddy, it\u2019s not even a fair competition with this kid!<\/p>\n

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Our Aunt Joe is the sweetest! <\/p>\n

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In this picture, Aunt Elsie is videoing Rose to make a video for her on our favorite app, Crazy Heliumbooth\u2014a must have for any family with toddlers and adults who like to have fun!  You can see one of my videos on Instagram if you need proof of our silliness!<\/p>\n

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Love this sweet little friendship!  Harper and Rose have had a blast together this summer.  <\/p>\n

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We were so excited to spend some time with my cousin Brady and his wife, Nathalie.  They are expecting their first baby, and the girls were so giddy to be in on the big news!  I have no clue where Rara was this morning, but her sisters did not disappoint!<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s nothing that gives me greater joy than enjoying my family loving on each other!  Life just flies by so quickly, and I\u2019m taking it all in as best as I can.  <\/p>\n

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Brother Man is always up for an adventure with our girls!  <\/p>\n

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Aunt E has a toy chest that is the gift that keeps on giving!  The girls love goofing off with the best of them!   <\/p>\n

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After a fun afternoon in the sun, the girls were ready to go party at the club, and that\u2019s exactly what we did!<\/p>\n

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Rose, for the life of her, could not figure out why this boy\u2019s turn went on forever and ever!  Intro to checkers 101! <\/p>\n

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S\u2019mores, movie on the lawn (National Treasure), crocket, and loving on a random bichon because the girls were missing Jax!<\/p>\n

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This is what happens before you get to the club!  Shirley Temples and requesting every song you can think of was the perfect end to our first day celebrating America!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that it\u2019s August, I\u2019m posting pics from our favorite weekend of the summer, hey!  We stayed an extra day this year, but it went by faster than ever.  Tying with Christmas, this is our favorite holiday by far, thanks to my Aunt Elsie and Uncle Andy!  It\u2019s just so awesome to me that our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49842"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50100,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49842\/revisions\/50100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}