Fourth of July

We decided to start our vacation early.  On the fourth of July, we spent six hours packing and cleaning. Nels deep cleaned the van.  We finally left around 1 p.m.  The kids immediately fell asleep! So we drove until they woke up.  We ate lunch at a Wendy's around 3:30 p.m.  Here's our cute kids in their red, white and blue outfits.  

Noah was the only one that got a new shirt this year.  I saw it at Walmart and thought it was so cute.  Thankfully, he likes it and was happy to wear it.

Nels and I even wore the right colors.

We shared a frosty.  Only three heads at a time.  haha.

We arrived at Door County at 6:45 p.m.  About fifteen minutes before we got there, Sofie threw up.  But it was just from car sickness and luckily I caught it in our emergency throw up bowl.  She was fine once she got out of the car.

We ate some dinner with Nels's parents at the cottage (they were spending the a few weeks in Door County).  Then we went to see the fireworks.  So fun!!  We brought the kids camping chairs.  And they thought that was fun to just sit in their chairs.  haha!

Kira loves her grandma.

And Isak loves his grandpa.

Noah snuggled with me for a minute.

Once it got dark, the fireworks shot up over the lake. Surprisingly, Noah loved it and kept saying, "more fireworks!'

It was great to see it through the eyes of a child--magical.

We got everyone to bed and asleep by 11:30 p.m.
Noah and Isak slept in the sailboat room.  Kira and Sofie shared the pink room on the opposite end of the cottage.  Nels and I slept on the double bed in the middle room.  No more pack and plays.  Sniff, sniff.  Babies are growing up.