Fourth of July

I have to start by saying I am not sure how I made it through the past four days. Our air conditioning has been broken since last wednesday (could be longer but we noticed it Wednesday). The weather was a scorching 103 degrees pretty much every day and our house never cooled below 92. It is horrible sleeping in a furnace with no relief. That being said, and my complaining out of the way, the weekend was a busy but enjoyable one!

On Saturday we finalized putting together the swing set we bought for our daughter.

She LOVES it!  Saturday, in the sun and 103 degree heat, we had to drag a screaming, sweaty baby into the house and into a bath to cool her off. We are happy it is such a hit!! I think Bailey (Our retriever) is jealous that she doesn't get to play on the slide...

Later Saturday, when we realized our air wasn't going to be fixed until after the holiday decided to purchase this:

The pool was relatively inexpensive and is only 14'H x 4'D. It only took an hour to put together and about four times that long to get three feet of water in it. It was a huge success Sunday when we had our friends over to celebrate the Fourth.

For the Fourth we were lucky to be invited to my parents for some air conditioned fun. Kaity had a blast in the kiddie pool they have set up for her and couldn't get enough of her grandparents!

We finished off the day with homemade chocolate and vanilla (With mini chunks for peanut butter M&Ms) ice ceam.

Daddy and Mommy getting ice cream kisses from our baby!

Aside from the heat it was a great weekend! We didn't go out to watch fireworks because Kaitlynn is in bed before it gets dark enough but we were able to catch a few from our bedroom window. Hopefully next year she can stay up later enough to enjoy a fireworks show!