More Summer Fun - July

We kicked off July by celebrating Dan and my godson's sixth birthday. Nate and the whole Nickell family are so dear to us, and it was great to see them in Texas for a week!

We got to celebrate Nate's sixth birthday with an Angry Birds themed party.

The fourth of July was fun as usual. We saw some great fireworks with the Nickells in Coppell on the 3rd and then headed up to Lake Kiowa for their festivities on the 4th. Noah claims that the Fourth of July is now his favorite holiday...because that's when he gets the most candy!

Shae and Nate, one of the contenders for her heart :)

Shae and cousin Mya

Dan finally hit the big 3-0 on July 1, and we celebrated by going out to dinner with some friends later in the week.

Other random fun activities...

Jump Zone in Plano:

The Heard Natural Science Museum in McKinney:

Noah was very proud to share his discovery -- the bravest snail we've ever seen. It was quite entertaining!

Noah exploring with Nate, Ben, and Eleanor

Shae had an Ariel moment

This really shows Noah's personality -- he chose to explore the museum rather than digging for dinosaurs with most of the other kids!

Ben doesn't seem to be enjoying this date as much as Shae...

Being silly at Juee's house

The Coppell Aquatic Center:

We spent a day at the aquatic center with my good friend Bonnie and her sweet kids, Sydney and Andrew, also, but I didn't take any pictures :(

Toward the end of July we celebrated cousin Mya's third birthday. She's getting so big!!

I think Josh liked the cupcakes.

And of course we hit up Chuck-e-Cheese a time or two.

If that wasn't enough, somewhere in the middle of all that fun, Noah attended a week of British Soccer Camp followed by Shae's long anticipated Princess Dance Camp!

(Noah is holding up the right corner of the flag.)

Shae and Ms. Amy

Whew. And I've been wondering why I'm so exhausted lately :)