More pics of the kids..

Cohen says "what up" to everyone.

Lauren is "faking asleep" in this picture for dramatic effect...Lauren playing with her slipnslide Cohen gave her.

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The Murray Parade on the 4th.

So we woke the kids early and got to the parade by 8:30 am. Too bad the Murray parade is nothing more than a few random politicians and some random businesses looking for cheap exposure. Low candy, lame floats and the fact that we were sitting on a 80 degree angle made for a miserable experience. It was fun however to see all the family and friends. Afterwards we went to Jim's, fought through some crowds of old people, and ate some delicious food.

Here are some pics of the day.

Violence at our House

No these pictures are not of a real war, although they look very intense. This is the annual 4th of July Hardle TANK WARS. Regrettably there was a casualty this year besides the tanks burning down. Brad Hardle received a mortal missile round to his eye and needed to be "rushed" to the emergency room. He was treated for a freak tank fight accident and fortunately he did survive. After a few hours and some eye drops and a few very anxious moments we found out he would be alright. Thanks to the miracle of modern medicine and the prowess of the medical field he was able to save his eye.

If you can't tell this is facetious. But Brad did get shot by my tank in the eye and my mom made him go to the emergency and in fact his cornea was scratched. Obviously this made me the clear winner of the tanks wars. So consider this a warning the next time you think about having a tank war...