The last five 4th of July's!

Here are some pics from the last five 4th of Julys. I know I do this alot on the blog but its so much fun to look back and see how much the kids have grown!!

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

This pic was featured in last years Twins Magazine 25th Anniversary calander!

4th of July BBQ

For the 4th we went to the Harvey house for a BBQ. It was supposed to be a "dry" party meaning the kids were not going to do any water activities. Well it lasted about 10 min in the heat and humidity! I blinked my eyes and K & C were SOAKED!!! What started with water blasters ended with buckets being poured on their heads and then the hose came out. Here are the 4 kiddos in their matching outfits!

Look at the inside of the bounce house...it was soaked too. When the kids would jump water would splash everywhere!!

Theres the hose...Kaitlyn was getting sprayed!!

Colin's cone was filled with water....hes wondering who his next victim is to dump water on their head:)

Look closely at who has the hose....yep Kaitlyn is spraying everyone including Ron(who is a kid himself). The kids LOVE playing with Ron....all the adults are relaxing and he is always the one running around with the kids. He got soaked too:)

Madi being a good friend and pushing Colin on the swing!

Colin was the drummer in the kids band!

Putting on a performance for the adults!

Video of the kids band:)

Arlington Racetrack

July 3rd we spent at Arlington Racetrack. Thanks to Kristina's mom for getting us box seats! We had a blast and plan to sit in the box seats every year! The fireworks are absolutely amazing too!! Here are the 3 girlies in their matching outfits!
Mommy and her favorite boy!!!
Daddy and his kiddos!!

Enjoying the racetrack!

Video of one of the races on the grass.

This video cracks me up....watch Cam(Colin is on his shoulders) also Kristina & Kaitlyn(Kaitlyn's on her shoulders). Do you think they were excited about the race?!?! :)

My favorite man!!

Showing her winnings! Kaitlyn chose horse #2 all on her own and that horse won. She was so excited! I told her that the $4 she won would buy her dinner since hot dogs were $4:)
Colin's horse came in 2nd place so Cam let him hold part of his winnings:)

The kids loved picking horses!!

Such a special friendship!!!

Uncle Brandon reading all of the horse's names to the kids so they could pick one.

Love this pic....Kristina and I were looking for slushy drinks all day and found some at the end of the night. These were so yummy!!

We had a great day at Arlington!!! Spending it with the Harveys was so memorable!!! We look forward to this annual tradition on July 3rd!!

Video's of the fireworks!! They are the best we have ever seen!!

Summerfest & Lake Geneva

Last Friday we went to Summerfest in Milwaukee after the kids got out of VBS at noon. We had SO much fun!!! Here are some pics from our fun filled day that started in Milwaukee and ended in Lake Geneva! The 4 kiddos looking like movie stars!

Best Friends!!

Look at this stroller we rented!! How funny is it?!?! But it kept the kids contained and safe in the massive crowds so worth the $7:)


This is Cams "seriously" pose! Kristina and I were at the ticket booth trying to see if we could buy Lee DeWyze tickets for his performance that night at Summerfest!! They were too expensive and we had the kids with us but most of all the guys weren't going to go for it either. Bummer!!

Enjoying a kids performance!

I chickened out in line to go on this ride....I do not like heights! The kids had so much fun with daddy!!

Heres a very short video clip of them going up, up, up!!

Heading out of Summerfest....Colin and Madi were holding hands while getting a ride from their daddys!
We stopped in Lake Geneva for dinner and to walk around. Kaitlyn loves her daddy!!!

Make a wish.....

What a great day!!!

Misc. July Pics

Here are some random pictures from July. We are having a great summer so far....cant believe its already July!! One of my blog reading friends said to me that she would love to have been my child since we do so many fun things! We are an on the go have fun family I guess:)

Kaitlyn was showing off her adorable cherry bathing suit and skirt that Grandma put in her Easter basket. We babysat Quintin and Zachary last Wednesday at our house. Zachary was looking at Cam thinking....do I really have to take a nap Uncle Cam?!?!

Colin loves Zachary!

After a day of no naps and swimming Kaitlyn fell sleep at 5:40pm after her shower. We carried her to the dinner table and tried to wake her up. She was sooo tired!!!

Grandma Young bought the kids Cubs jerseys and had the backs embroidered. #55 was Cams high school number so we used that. They say K. Willis and C. Willis!

One day we spent the afternoon at the pool. Colin was swimming with Micheal!

Kaitlyn was swimming with Katie!

Daddy is so much fun....he made this huge tent/fort for the kids to play in while I was out running! I came home and he had transformed the whole family room!!

Colin has been fascinated with pyramids. So Cam decided to surprise him and build one while the kids were sleeping. He spent SO much time putting this together!

But the surprise was on daddy! Kaitlyn was so sad when she woke up and saw that daddy took her lego grocery store apart. So poor daddy had to take apart half of the pyramid and reset up Kaitlyn's store. He's such a good daddy!!!