Thank goodness for a three-day weekend. That’s the only way we could have squeezed all of the wonderfulness into this year’s holiday. Here’s our Fourth in photos:

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Our best friends – and neighbors – had a baby girl! Meet Evelyn Faye.
These folks just about killed me because they didn’t find out if she was a boy or girl until she was born. I cried (like a baby) when I found out that Iris would have new little girl-friend living just a short walk out our back gate.

My friend Bev and her family came to town for the holiday weekend. We walked down to visit our other new BFF who is a whopping three weeks old. Meet sweet Alice.

Iris kept busy playing outside all weekend.

And Todd even built Iris a tree swing!
I went to the grocery store and when I came back, it was magically there so I didn’t get to witness how the heck he got it hung way up there.

On the Fourth we went over to Bev and Aaron’s family’s house for dinner and a swim. This is something we’ve done for the past four or five years, so now it’s like a sweet little tradition.

Nat, Will, and Iris were all lucky to receive some Mini Souls goodies, so we did a little impromptu photoshoot with their matching Go Outside shirts.

Sunday we spent around the house cleaning, lounging, cooking, and preparing for a busy week back to school at work.

Summer, can you last all year?