4th of july weekend in arkansas

we spent our nation's birthday in the booming metropolis of ashdown, arkansas, with our friends the briscos!

we went fishin' and everyone caught a fish! faith was actually not really into the "catching" fish part, she just wanted to cast and reel in her line on her dora fishing pole! and when daddy caught the first fish, she pretty much ran away squealing like the little girl that she is. :) she did manage to get close to sarah's fish (the last fish of the day, as you can see from faith's disheveled hair and sweaty face!), although i'm pretty sure i see some fear in her eyes!

after fishing, we got some ice cream and since we couldn't get both kids to smile together for the picture, we told them to make silly faces, which they were more than happy to do! (they were also pretty exited to be riding next to each other in the car!)

the next day we had water fun with the sprinkler seal and swimming in the neighbor's pool (once again, faith was a bit of a girl, lots of squealing and running away, as seen in the second picture.)

and for the 4th, we went to see fireworks at a fairground nearby. faith was a big fan of luke's wagon! they also enthusiastically planted one on each other when we asked them to give each other hugs and kisses!

there was much fun had with a super sombrero too. really, it didn't take much to keep two toddlers entertained!

so our (what has become) annual brisco/johnson adventure in ashdown was again a smashing success! (and yes, we're all wearing arkansas tees. purchased from the ashdown walmart for $5. gotta love it!)

(p.s. i stole the normal group photo from sarah's blog. see, we aren't always crazy!)