4th of July

Our 4th of July was wonderful! We live right down the street from the military base and they have a big event so we usually can't drive anywhere because they block off streets to compensate for all of the extra traffic. Luckily, we have wonderful community events that we can walk to and enjoy!

Bright and early, we got up and went to a pancake breakfast and flag raising ceremony at church. (we did drive to that one because it was early enough in the day)

The weather was perfect to me, but not to others. It was actually kind of COLD and cloudy...but I loved it because I didn't break a sweat all day.

Then we put the kids in the wagon and walked down the street to watch a little community parade. Neighborhood kids decorate their wagons and tricycles and local police and fireman come and join in on the fun. The parade was only about 10 minutes long this year but was so, so cute! We love watching this parade each year. It makes us feel like we live in a small town.

Then we came back home, ate lunch, and watched Tangled as we rested up for the night's events. Our bishop lives nearby and his backyard backs up to the military base. At night they have a wonderful fireworks show so every year we go to his house for a bbq and then have awesome seats for the fireworks.

Owen was still afraid of them, but was not as hysterical as he has been the past few years. He has definitely made improvements. Lexie had been napping and woke up a few minutes before the fireworks started. She turned to look where the loud noise was coming from, stared at them for a minute, and decided they weren't worth her time. She promptly went back to sleep and dozed in and out while the show proceded.