July 4th and a little snip, snip!

Happy Belated 4th of July! We had a soggy, wet, rainy day ALL DAY but it let up just a bit in the evening so we could do some fireworks outside on the driveway. We had some friends over for an indoor barbeque/picnic. Marlon grilled up some delicious ribs and chicken and my friend Jess brought some homemade ice cream! (yum yum). The kids (Alex, Jameson-5, Jarrett-3, and Bowman-almost 2) played and had a great time, and they all enjoyed the sparklers and poppers. Below are some pics of the festivities--

Jarrett showing Alex a little love!

Alex enjoying her sparkler

Niles, Megan, and Bowman

On another kind of sad note, we finally made the decision to give Kellan a little hair cut. As much as I didn't want to, it had gotten increasingly bad over the past few weeks and was starting to look like a bad toupee. It was getting long in all the wrong places and he's been rubbing it bald in the back, so it looked even more lopsided. So Jessica, who cuts both of her boys' hair, has been dying to get her hands on a pair of scissors for Kellan's first cut. Since she came over yesterday, I gave her the scissors and let her go to work!

This boy had a TON of hair. Here are some of the clippings that I will save to put in his baby book--this could give some other baby a full head of hair!

And the finished product...my little guy with a new do!

I am hoping to get some more pics after his bath today to display his new look. It was definitely needed, and even Marlon was in agreement (for those of you who know how much Marlon does NOT want our kids to get hair cuts, you will understand that this was a big deal!)