One of our favorite family traditions is the 4th of July. The Smiths let us join them one year and we were hooked. They save a spot at the Freedom Festival parade in Provo. That includes sleeping on the parade route overnight. (Carol, you're my hero.) This year Joseph joined them to offer his protection. The kids and I got to the parade by about 8 am. We had a great time visiting and eating breakfast. And, of course, we all wore our matching flag shirts from Old Navy. Emily, Chris, and Grandma and Grandpa Anson joined us, too.
Since we were in North Carolina last year, this was Brook's first 4th of July parade and she loved it. She spent most of the time on Aunt Emily's lap or on Grandma's lap. She was happy the whole time. She especially loved the baby contest winners. She kept saying, "baby, baby" and pointing at the cute babies. We even think she said, "Baby bye-bye." That would be her first two word sentence.
Sariah always loves the parade. She is old enough to remember years past and anticipate all the fun we are going to have. This year she said her favorite part of the parade was the princesses. After the parade we went to Brick Oven for lunch. The kids sat at the cousins table and felt so grown up. While we waited for our food, Ally dumped pepper on her garlic bread and drew all over her face with blue crayon. Zac cut his crayon in half with his knife and as far as we know, Sariah was well-behaved. After lunch we went to Grandma and Grandpa Anson's house for naps! Then we had a cookout and headed to the fireworks.
This year we had glow sticks for the kids to play with and they were a hit. Zac had a blast running around with the big boys, Skyler and Easton. I think he has a bad case of Skyler worship. They played pickle until it got too dark to see the ball. When the fireworks started Ally and Zac said, "They're blowing up the universe!" and then they wanted to know if there were bad guys shooting bullets at us. Sariah kept waiting for the yellow ones. Once Brook was snuggled with her dad she liked the fireworks, too. She just laid on his chest and watched them. By the time we were packed up and back to the van, she was asleep.
It was another perfect 4th of July. We feel so grateful to live in a free country where we can be together and make great family memories.
One of our favorite family traditions is the 4th of July. The Smiths let us join them one year and we were hooked. They save a spot at the Freedom Festival parade in Provo. That includes sleeping on the parade route overnight. (Carol, you're my hero.) This year Joseph joined them to offer his protection. The kids and I got to the parade by about 8 am. We had a great time visiting and eating breakfast. And, of course, we all wore our matching flag shirts from Old Navy. Emily, Chris, and Grandma and Grandpa Anson joined us, too.
Since we were in North Carolina last year, this was Brook's first 4th of July parade and she loved it. She spent most of the time on Aunt Emily's lap or on Grandma's lap. She was happy the whole time. She especially loved the baby contest winners. She kept saying, "baby, baby" and pointing at the cute babies. We even think she said, "Baby bye-bye." That would be her first two word sentence.
Sariah always loves the parade. She is old enough to remember years past and anticipate all the fun we are going to have. This year she said her favorite part of the parade was the princesses. After the parade we went to Brick Oven for lunch. The kids sat at the cousins table and felt so grown up. While we waited for our food, Ally dumped pepper on her garlic bread and drew all over her face with blue crayon. Zac cut his crayon in half with his knife and as far as we know, Sariah was well-behaved. After lunch we went to Grandma and Grandpa Anson's house for naps! Then we had a cookout and headed to the fireworks.
This year we had glow sticks for the kids to play with and they were a hit. Zac had a blast running around with the big boys, Skyler and Easton. I think he has a bad case of Skyler worship. They played pickle until it got too dark to see the ball. When the fireworks started Ally and Zac said, "They're blowing up the universe!" and then they wanted to know if there were bad guys shooting bullets at us. Sariah kept waiting for the yellow ones. Once Brook was snuggled with her dad she liked the fireworks, too. She just laid on his chest and watched them. By the time we were packed up and back to the van, she was asleep.
It was another perfect 4th of July. We feel so grateful to live in a free country where we can be together and make great family memories.
2 comments:
Looks like you had such a fun day! We missed joining the traditional parade/brick oven/ fire works with everyone but next year will be extra fun!! Can't wait to see you all soon, it's been too long.
Wish we could have been there. I'm glad you guys enjoyed the holiday! Oh.... Brick Oven!
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