We had a fantastic 4th of July and subsequent 4th of July weekend, filled with neighbors, friends, family, cocktails, swimming, etc.  The adults all enjoyed themselves, while the kids pretty much left the adults alone!  Doesn't get much better than that.

Kaiden did a great job of teaching an entire group of kids at a BBQ how to play "Root Beer Pong" on a state of the art Beer Pong table, complete with ball washing cup station.

Ashton spent as much time as he could swimming.  He could have cared less about "Root Beer Pong" or eating or anything else.  Just wanted to swim.

It was a great holiday and weekend, that's for sure!

Kaiden played in her very first tournament for 757 Field Hockey Club this weekend at the USA Field Hockey National Training Center.  She played amazing.  She did not score any goals, but all goals except one were a direct result of her bringing the ball up the field and crossing it in front of the goal.  Her coach told her she was the team's "play maker" which made her really happy.  I was so impressed by how many games and how long she played in the ABSOLUTE opressive heat.  She did not complain ONCE, just kept running and playing.  Unbelievable to me.

These particular turf fields had to be watered in between every single game.  The girls all LOVED this.  They could not wait for the sprinklers for come on so they could go running through them.  It was a great first tournament weekend for field hockey.  Now time to get geared up for our first soccer tournament, which is coming up in August in Fredericksburg, VA... the Washington Invitational.