4th of July and Lilly's Birthday

 We have been doing our best to try and do some fun things the past couple weeks while we were up in NH.  Dad would have wanted the kids and the rest of us to have fun so we gave it an honest shot over the 4th of July and Lilly's birthday this past week.  We just all loved the summer, the beach and spending time together this time of year, everything we do reminds us of him and makes us miss him.  We still managed some smiles and some fun though as you can see below.

 Sneaky Jake trying to hide behind the tree

 Ava's annual 4th of July shot!! She's growing up so fast!

Playing with dinner before they got put into the pot!

 My Dad had really wanted to get this swing set for the kids, he had seen ones like this set up at Costco and had been talking about it for awhile now so we went out and got one! 

In the picture below you can see Rob and Uncle Ronnie assembling it, 12 hours and many beers later it was complete!

All 3 kiddos on the swing set!

We got a "We love you Papi" sign made!

 Then we headed to Hampton for the 4th of July.  It was perfect beach weather, so hot that everyone needed to go into the 60 degree water.

This is the first summer Jake liked the ocean, he was fearless and didn't care when a wave toppled him over so we had to stay in arms reach of him.

Me and my baby (and my baby bump shoved into a non-pregnancy swimsuit).

Cheese!

Sometimes you just need to snuggle up with your Mommy and take a nap at the beach 

The kids had their first Blink's fried dough experience and loved it!

Headed out to grab dinner at the center on the 4th!

So many people set up shop on the beach for the fireworks later that night.

 Incase we weren't sweaty enough we went into the Casino for a few rides.

 On the 6th we were back in Nashua to celebrate Lilly's 4th birthday!  It was wicked hot outside so I took some pre-party shots before the kids were covered in sweat from playing in the bouncy house and on the swing set.

 Kimmie and I and baby girl bump at 30 weeks.

 YiaYia and Lilly with her awesome birthday cake, it was so pretty and probably the most delicious cake I have ever had.

 Blowing out the candles!