Ijams, take 2

The 4th

It seems more often than not we're out of town for the 4th of July. This year we were happily home and had a ton of fun with family over at the Langford's house (thank you for hosting!!). Here is our day in photographs. (I tried really hard to get the dark fireworky ones in focus, but I just couldn't figure it out. I'm posting them anyway because you still get the feeling.)

Did I mention that Emma is beautiful? And that we have blackberries?

It's true, check it out...

I wanted to grab a couple shots of Emma right before she left for her first ever youth conference. (And then we got distracted by the bounty of blackberries.) Can't believe she's 14. And a half even. Six more months till a learner's permit. Growing up too much lately, knock it off Emma.