Happy, Happy 4th!

The 4th of July has always been one of my favorite holidays. I love BBQ's, fireworks, and spending some quality time with family outside.

This year, we decided to do breakfast up in the canyon (complete with homemade cinnamon rolls), have a BBQ (steak, homemade fries, and patriotic jello), and make homemade ice cream and an apple pie (see a pattern?) and do some fireworks at home.

Here's the kiddies with everything they need for a rockin' day (and I once again apologize for Porter's lack of a shirt, but I didn't want him to goop-up his holiday shirt before we even left the house):

We tried to cook pancakes and eggs on a little camp stove from Walmart, but when it takes 10 minutes to cook one hotcake, you gotta find ways to entertain all the kids...

Finally eating a little breakfast:

Piper decided that she needed to go the bathrom, but she took one look down into the pit-potty and wanted to wait. Unfortunately, after about an hour, she just had to go. I hadn't brought the girls a change of clothes, so she put on Porter's:

The kids got pop-its, and Porter was facsinated

The neigbors brought over their new puppies and the girls loved them.

Some "fireworks"

How do you keep a one-year-old who loves to run into the street by you? OP figured out a way: