Fun Fourth

We celebrated Independence Day at an event at a ranch in Aubrey. I heard about it through a friend, and was so glad we decided to go. They had all kinds of activities - several bounce houses, a train ride, pedal boats, canoes, live music, and of course fireworks at the end of the evening. We paid a very reasonable admission fee, and then all the activities were included; I loved that because I didn't have to keep telling the kids "no, you can't do that because it's too expensive." The only thing that would have made the evening better would have been if Robert could have joined us - he's been sick all week and decided to stay home to rest.

When we got home, we made the kids take quick showers even though all they wanted to do was go to sleep. The shower perked Cullen up and he came out of the bathroom sporting this interesting hairdo: