Happy 4th of July!

Great weekend! I made the mistake of telling Maddy on Friday night that we were going Saturday morning to try on her Princess dress for Brent and Heather's wedding. I think it was my way of trying to get her to go to bed but it backfired a little when she woke up at 6:45 am Saturday morning READY TO GO! I had to explain that the store didn't open for another 4 hours (eternity in toddler time) and that we would have to wait. Needless to say we were there when they opened. Maddy tried on her dress and proceeded to parade around the store. There were lots of ladies in there and of course they made a fuss over her so getting the dress off was a difficult task.


Sunday, we went to church and I had a hard time explaining to Maddy that we were just going to church and not for the wedding so she couldn't wear her dress. It's going to be a long 2 months waiting for the wedding :)
After church, Brent and Heather invited us to her parent's lake house for boating, swimming and eating. Maddy had a blast! They bought sand and made a homemade beach area for Maddy to play. It was awesome!


It's amazing what a difference a few weeks can make with Maddy's comfort level in the water. She started getting some experience in Texas but this weekend she really LOVED it! She wore her Tinkerbell life jacket and was swimming all over the lake. By the end of the day, she was jumping off the boat dock!

Still not a fan of fireworks. We knew this so we decided not to waste the energy going to see a big show. On the way home from the lake we saw a few in the sky and she didn't want anything to do with them. Oh well, we can try again next year.

Hope everyone had a great holiday!