4th of July Family Activities

After the big water slide, we had other activities to celebrate the freedoms we've been given and the opportunity to be with family.  The kids made their own ice cream in a bag within a bag.

And they loved eating the ice cream...even if it was softer than they were used to eating ice cream.

And there was time to dry off on towels.

And a smaller slip and slide for the smaller kiddos.

Here's my niece making her own ice cream but you can tell that she has already had a blue frozen ice because of her cute blue upper lip.

Later that day we had a BBQ...you know you can't just have Hawaiian Shaved Ice and ice cream...even if that sounds really yummy.  Real food always tastes good after expending so much energy on the slip & slide.

In the middle of the afternoon we had Hawaiian Shaved Ice...which is a scoop of vanilla ice cream, with a scoop of shaved ice on top, then flavored syrup and coconut milk/cream on top.  Very yummy!

And here's that cute husband of mine!  (He's helping the kids get ice in bags so that they can make their own ice cream).

And the kids took turns pushing each other around inside this ball.   Later in the evening when we were cleaning up, I got in this ball and got pushed around in the yard.  I felt like I was a kid again.  Lots of fun was had by everyone.  This was a 4th of July to remember.