Saturday, July 11, 2009

July 4th in Kuwait

I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July. We really enjoyed our day, but missed the fireworks and celebrations back home. We attended the festivities at The US Embassy.
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This event was really all about giving our troops here in Kuwait a fun day.
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There were fun activities for them to do like this water soccer thing. The troops were having a blast with it.
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And of course they had the water slide set up for the kiddos, so that was how Calvin spent his time.
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Mommy forgot to bring the water shoes and Alayna is such a girl and doesn't like the grass sticking on her bare feet so Lorna had to carry her back to the table.
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They had quite the spread of food. All the normal 4th food to include hot dogs and watermelon. For dessert they had a cake made of lots of cupcakes to make the flag. The kids each had a blue cupcake with a star on top. They LOVED all that frosting!
Here they are gobbling it up.
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And here are my little characters showing off their blue mouths.
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And one more of my patriotic little guy...
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And a quick video to give you an idea of the atmosphere....

When we got home we did an early bath and then a special movie night in the living room with sleeping bags and popcorn. The kids just loved it and keep asking when they will get to do that again!
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Overall it was a great day. God Bless the USA!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

looks like a good time!! Can't wait to see you guys soon! XOXOXOX

Q8Dutchie said...

Dawn!!! Can't wait to see your summer pics! I know I'm behind too, working on it! When can we talk? What is a good time for you?