4th of July

So this year, the Fourth of July weekend was FAR different than those in the past.......unfortunately Hurricane Ike took Bill's beach house (was actually his full time residence that he lost there) which is where the Salinas family used to converge upon every July 4th for a fantastic family weekend of fun and relaxing. So, since that was not an option this year.....we just hung out at home and decided to ask Liz and Aidan if they wanted to come over and hang out with us, since Ken was offshore at the time.

So they came over, we hung out and let the boys play in the pool in the yard for a bit, we BBQ'd and then waited to watch the Freedom Over Texas fireworks display on tv that happens in downtown Houston every year. which was FANTASTIC on our big screen tv in HD let me tell you what! And no crowds to fight and traffic to battle to see it either...and in the comfort of the AC at home....couldnt beat it...even if it wasnt nearly as great as fireworks on Bolivar watching from the deck of Bill's beach house....

the grub....burgers, dogs, grilled corn, beans, chips and watermelon...YUM!!

gotta have watermelon on the 4th!

james and aidan getting their grub on

the boys hamming it up for the camera

james

aidan

liz wanting a bite of aidan.....LOL!!!

settled for a kiss instead....aaaawwwww.........

time for some fun in the pool!!

james having fun

sharing the hose...think it was the one moment they shared the whole time...HA!

oh nope...here's aidan "sharing" with james! hee hee!! :)

and james "sharing" right back at aidan!

bailey muggin' for the camera....silly girl!!

she's getting SO big!!!!

james decided bailey needed to cool off too!!

she liked it, so he went back to the pool for more water....

and there ya go bailey...nice and cool now.

the boys dancing to the music they were playing with the fireworks on tv.....

aidan the conductor....kid cracks me up.....like he is directing a symphony when there is music in a movie or on tv...its so cute!!

fireworks 2009

the boys dancing along with Clay Walker

they had a blast, and so did we...low key but we enjoyed it! Thanks Liz and Aidan for spending Independence Day 2009 with us!!! :)