Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July everyone!!!

I hope you all had an amazing holiday weekend!

It was super hot in Pittsburgh over the 4th of July weekend. We made it to the mid 90's!!! I love hot weather so I was a super happy camper!

As I do on almost every weekend in summer; I spent the 4th of July with my family at my parents house on Lake Mohawk.

Here are a few from the past years...

2015 - Luau

2018 - Construction Site

2019 - Jungle Safari

 

The kids painted my nails for me...here we are styling....

Every year at Lake Mohawk there is a decorated boat parade. We choose a theme every year and this year we went patriotic with the other boats. Here is the pontoon decorated and ready to go. You can not tell here but the balloons had lights in them.

Here is a side view...

My Mom and sister...

My Dad, Ryan, Kyleigh, Aly and Steve (my brother in law)

Madelyn and Myself

As we drove around the lake there were so many fireworks...the public display was cancelled but people in their homes surely came through with a lot of noise!

So many boats participated this year! It us usually under 1 but this year we had 20 easily!

Spent the entire next day floating - literally!!! It was 95 degrees that weekend!!! This is where you will find me in the lake! HA!

 

Brody too!! The kids just swim all day if they are not skiing or tubing.

Here I am on the flamingo float!

Floating away....

My Aunt Marti came up for a picnic with everyone. It was great to see her too!! That is her on the far left!

Here is my brother in law Steve. Every year he debuts a new patriotic outfit. This was a winner!! HA! It is from Walmart and he said it had long pants but he cut them off into shorts! HA HA!

Here is the whole family at the campfire.  The kids were super excited because we were making hobo pies on the fire for dessert.

Do you know what a hobo pie is? It is two pieces of buttered white bread with pie filling in the middle. My family always uses cherry but you can use any pie filling you want. You put that in a pie iron and roast it on the fire. SOOOO YUMMY!!

We also always have sparklers at the campfire for the kids on 4th of July weekend.  Here is Kyleigh!!

And Aly

And Brody...

And Aly and Madelyn

Here is my sister and her hubby...

Another Aly....

And last but not least; this was set to me from my friend in San Diego. This is her daughter Charlotte Magdelana (Nena) and their dog Duke. Sooooo Cute, right?!?!?!

Happy 4th of July from my family to yours!!!

HUGS TO EVERYONE and thank you for stopping by!!!

How was your holiday weekend? Have you ever eaten a hobo pie or smores? Do you like them? Do you ever cook on a campfire? How are you feeling today?

Boat Parade 2019

Every fourth of July, the lake that my parents live at has a lighted boat parade. We love picking a theme and decorating every year and the kids REALLY love it! This year we did a Safari theme.

Here are the pictures of the finished product...

It was the first year that the two littlest kids were allowed to come along...it starts at 9:30PM so it was always past their bedtime...this year they stayed up and got to come along!




Soooo much fun it was! There are no winners; just bragging rights! HA>

We love to float on tubes in the lake when it is really hot! Anyone who has ever floated on a lake knows you can;t close your eyes for long because the waves push you away from shore or down to the neighbors and you have to paddle back to your house. I got sick of having to paddle around and not be able to close my eyes and relax so the kids and I came up with a great idea! We got a concrete slab and tied a rope to it then dropped it in the lake about 50 feet from shore. We then tied a buoy to rope at the top of the water and now we can float with our eyes closed and just hold the buoy...we never move! It is perfect...


It was a fantastic boat parade and fourth of July weekend all together.

Have a fantastic day!

I'm back

It's been awhile and I have no excuses except I have not felt like writing and posting for a while.

Now I do...I hope this keeps up! LOL

Let me start catching everyone up. I guess I should start with the 4th of July...wowsa - get with it Ann!

Here goes the recap of my 4th celebration..

Every year at my parents house they have a boat parade for the 4th of July holiday. We entered last year and again this year - the theme for both years was Waikiki!

We decorated the pontoon boat and got the kids and adults all dolled up in their Luau gear and off we went! This is a picture of two of the kids dancing on the boat ...their version of the hula - LOL!

This is a shot at the house before we got onto the pontoon!!! Soooo stinkin' cute my nieces and nephews are!

Here is a shot of the boat from the side with my brother in law on board...
 

Little selfie with my girls!!!

My oldest nephew was old enough to drive the jet ski without an adult this year...awesome but sure makes me feel old - ha! Here he is in all his glory!

Little shot of some of the crew before the parade again...

The boys...lol! They hated the bras!
 

My sister skiing...she does not get to make it to the lake as often as I do so she was in her glory and I think had a great weekend of fun and family!

The 4th was great for me and I hope also for you! I got home in time to watch fireworks with my baby this year, which was awesome, so all in all it was truly an amazing holiday!!!