Happy July Birthdays!

Ian turns
32!
Michele turns 31!
Great-grandma turns 72!
America
turns
229!
![]() 2 July: My mom made our cake, complete with cherry Snitches. |
![]() Great-grandma takes a look at her Polish pottery mug. |
![]() 3 July: Great-grandma with the kids at Lake Accotink. |
![]() Ian received a wall map for tracking travels. Way cool. |
![]() The Muvico in Arundel Mills is totally done up in its Egyptian theme. |
![]() 2 July: Our heroic Red Knight. He lost the tournament. Rebecca is wearing the ribbon he gave her as "Queen" for the evening, during the show. |
![]() We went to Medieval Times as a surprise birthday dinner. This was Nicholas's face during the entire show as he ignored his meal. |
![]() The boys with the king. The king knighted mom, dad and great-grandma before the show. |
![]() 4 July: The parade in Washington D.C. |
![]() The Magic School Bus. All the balloons were kid-themed. |
![]() Who doesn't love the KissMobile? Caramel kisses too? |
![]() Abe and Ben give a wave. |
![]() After the parade we went to the FolkLife Festival on the National Mall. Oman was one of the featured areas. |
![]() Every dance was flirtatious. |
![]() OK, he's plain silly. |
![]() She was tired. |
![]() And I don't know what they are. |
![]() Like great-grandmother, like great-grandson. |
![]() Waiting for the Capitol Fourth concert on the south side of the west lawn. |
![]() Jonathon got bored waiting so he colored his toenails with a blue crayon. |

We tried to get a family photo. Oh well.