Happy Fourth of July!

We had such a fun Fourth of July weekend.  On Friday we headed up to Matt and Kristin's cabin in Brighton.  We stayed overnight and the kids had a lot of fun.  We walked around the lake and hiked as well.  The kids saw ducks and deer and loved just being in the outdoors. There were plenty of mosquitos there and Katelyn kept calling them "Spageetos"-too cute! They have a dog named Tahoe, and Taylor just couldn't get enough of her!  She followed that dog everywhere and loved to squeeze and pet it.  I had to take a picture of the two of them because their hair matched perfectly!  Then Sat morning we had a huge breakfast up there and then participated in the parade.  We got the kids and the car dressed up then paraded around and threw everyone candy.  Katelyn loved being on a float and throwing candy.  Then we headed back and went swimming at our pool and made smores.  This was the highlight of Katelyn's weekend, and now she just begs for them!  She calls the marshmallows "marshpillows".  Then it was off to the golf course to watch the fireworks show.  We had a ton of sparklers left over from the wedding so the kids had a lot of fun with those.  It was a packed weekend, and we had a lot of fun!  I missed my family and our Moorpark tradition, but being in the mountains with family was sure awesome!