July 4th the alternate plan

Wow! Another month has gone by! Hard to believe! We have been very busy as usual, but have been able to do many fun things this month along with all the regular stuff! The 4th of July was such a fun day! We had orginally planned to go camping on the 3rd but the weather wasn't looking too good, so we changed our plans. The younger kids and I rode on the Lakeview Primary Float in the Hooper Parade while Randy drove the truck and Taysom watched from the sidelines with Oma, Papa, and Brady, Wendy and boys! It was really fun, especially when Randy took a wrong turn at the end of the parade back to the drop off point so we had to make a big loop honking and singing all the way! I think it really was the best part of riding in the parade. When we got home I took the cutest picture of all 4 kids on the porch and I loved it so much I blew it up into an 11x14 and matted it and everything! We then loaded up the 4 wheelers packed lunches and headed up by Monte Cristo! We all had a great time, but I think Randy had the most fun! He couldn't wait to go again! By the time we headed home, it was about 6 pm and so we BBQed out on the patio and finished dinner just in time to turn our chairs and watch the fireworks! It is truly the best thing in the world to have front row seats to a great fireworks show without leaving your backyard. The word must be out about that because our neighborhood was jam packed with friends at every house! My cute little two year old nephew Wyatt was pretty afraid when the fireworks started and when I said, "Are you scared?" he said, "Yes, lets go hide!" But his dad and mom talked him through them and kept saying this is fun and aren't they pretty? He was not totally convinced, but he wasn't running away anymore. Wendy's sister Crystal and her husband Russ and son Logan also came to the BBQ and it was great to have them with us! All in all a fabulous 4th!