Happy 4th of July!

We had a whirl wind 4th of July weekend. My friend Joy and her kids, Noah and Lily, stayed with us and joined us for all the festivities. We went to the Pavilion on Friday night to hear the Houston Symphony's Star Spangled Salute. The kids loved the patriotic flags and pinwheels and had a ball dancing to the music. There was even a small fire works display after the concert.

Saturday morning we headed out for the parade, but it was really really hot this year. The kids enjoyed seeing the fire engines and getting all the free goodies... but it is hard to get up early for this after staying out late for the symphony. I think we will skip this event in future years.

My parents joined us for lunch after the parade and we had a great time visiting with them. After lunch, we all headed out to Ridgewood pool. The Woodlands opens up all their pools to the public for 4th of July and has food and games for everyone. We all had a ball.

After dinner, we watched the fire works from the parking garage where Chris parks. Again, The Woodlands put on an amazing show. New this year were red fireworks that formed perfect stars shot in front of blue and white fireworks. There was even a smiley face firework. Awesome!