4th of July

Every year our neighborhood puts on a parade and a pool party, with a BBQ lunch, for the 4th of July.  In the past we have loaded the kids in a wagon and pulled them along the parade route.  This is exhausting.  We considered letting them ride their tricycles.  Then, a friend of ours asked if they wanted to ride in the back of her jeep, which she decorated for the occasion.  The girls loved it:

 Dressing up is half the fun:

 My Dad joined us for the day:

 I wonder what Catherine is looking at, rather than at the camera:

 Sabrina on the high dive:

 Sabrina coming off the high dive:

 Catherine jumping in:

 My Dad and Catherine chatting:

 This boy and Sabrina played for at least 2 hours at the party ....