A VERY Late 4th of July

We had a fairly calm 4th of July. We spent the morning going through our new house for the first time and doing some initial cleaning. Then we cleaned up and headed up to my sister's house for a barbecue with my parents, grandparents who were in town, and two sisters and their families.
My sister was the grill master and I took charge of the home made ice cream (A Wyckhuyse family tradition for the 4th). After eating, the kids played in the splash pad. I even put Jack in a little pair of swim trunks (they were way too long...more like swim pants) and forced him to play in the water.

Obviously from the pictures he was less than thrilled at the cold water being splattered in his face.
                                            

Afterwards, we went home and watched The Stadium of Fire fireworks from a nearby building on the 4th floor. We are looking forward to hopefully having our yard be presentable by next summer and perhaps hosting family at our place with some mild sparklers and aerials.