July the 4th

We had such a fun 4th this year!  In the morning I convinced Dan that we needed to go out to swim beach, which is a little beach off of a reservoir only 10 min from our house (I can run there down our trail, around 5 miles one way).  We didn’t want to walk that long with all our beach gear though, so we decided to drive in… just like the rest of Metro Denver!  We considered turning back after we got in the park because there were so many cars!  It ended up taking us about 1 hour to get the the gate where you pay to get in.  I laughed at this sign right before the end when we had been stopped for 45 min already… congested?   Ya think!!??

But I am so glad that we stuck it out because the beach parking lot was only 1/3 full when we got there and we had no trouble finding a shaded spot to put our blanket.  This was something I had been wanting us to do all summer.

Sophie’s “beach shoes” and Tessa adamantly saying no to beach shoes.

 

  Dan enjoyed making stuff out of the sand, but not for long because Tessa really enjoyed ruining his work. 

The girls spent a lot of time filling holes with water, to make “baths.”

Sophie liked writing in the sand until the waves came and washed it away, she was too sad to try again. :(  Didn’t know there were whales at the reservoir did you? j/k I know I am not quite as big as a whale but I am pushing it!! All for a good cause, that’s why we do it right?

Sophie let Dan and I take turns throwing water at her with the bucket, it was hilarious.  She would take it right in the face!  When she threw it at us she would only get our legs for the most part and it would be half sand. Tessa playing in one of their “baths.”

We only stayed a couple of hours and then headed home for naps, it was the perfect amount of time.  When we left there were around 100 cars lined up outside the parking lot who had paid their entry but were waiting for a parking spot!  I bet they waited for hours!!  So glad we went when we did.

Later that day we met Matt and Cami for a fireworks show in Arvada.  We didn’t want to go too early and have to wait for hours for the fireworks, but we should have gone about 30 min earlier because we arrived just in time to watch them deflate the toys in the kiddie area.  The girls were pretty disappointed, oh well!

Sophie still smiled for a picture, but Tessa wouldn’t sit by them and instead pulled her hair out and cried.  2 year olds are so fun. :)  I do think it’s funny how serious she is about it though.

Daddy knew what to do, snow cone time!! Nice smile Soph, so natural.  I love this picture of Tessa closely monitoring Sophie’s snow cone intake, waiting for her turn.

Waiting for the fireworks to start Sophie played tag with some kids, only problem is that she doesn’t know how!  How embarrassing, my fault for sure.  She liked pretending to play with them though.  She would just yell, “tag, you’re it!” and run around in the same vicinity of the other kids.  Tessa on the other hand looked for something more thrilling… this little money is so strong!! She got so high up that fence.

 

My girls really liked watching the fireworks.

Stole this picture from Cami, because I didn’t get a group shot… only Tessa and Cami are missing, still more that I got.  We had fun!