A Summer of Fun

We were very busy having fun last week with visitors and friends and this week will be just as fun. Clint and I celebrated our 4th anniversary on Thursday and Alli was kind enough to come play with Maddy while we had a delicious dinner at Olive Garden, thanks to our gift card from my wonderful sister:) On Friday, we had our annual fourth of July celebration with an amazing fireworks display. Getta bought Clint a ton of mortars (not sure how to spell that exactly) for his upcoming birthday and he went and took advantage of a two for one deal from a local vendor down the street. Our friend Eric also contributed to the event and it was great. We weren't sure how Maddy would do with the noise factor, but she loved them. She was clapping and saying "good one daddy...more more" the whole time. We had lots of friends over and Evan and Rachel even came to play with Maddy. We went to the park to feed the ducks and play on the playground of course and yesterday we went to the zoo and the mall. She experienced the petting zoo for the first time and she loved it. She has a genuine love for animals that is fun to watch. We went to the mall to try and find Clint some good birthday presents but we were unsuccessful. Alli came with us and was a huge help, as always:) This week Maddy has swim lessons and I am hoping it goes a little better than the last time. She gets to go play with her friend Jocelyn on Monday, see her Aunt Cindy, Brooke and Brittany on Wednesday when my sister comes up to babysit...so we can go to the Dave Matthews concert (which falls on Clint's birthday) and she gets to go see her gramma Nini and grandpa Henry this weekend. We should have lots of pics to share next week. We hope you enjoy these and have a wonderful week!