4th of July~

well this year our fourth of july was not exactly how we would have liked but we still had a good time. around 9:00 am we went to a parade. it rained the majority of the time. i was was so sad because i was sure i was going to get some fun pics of the kids and plus who likes to stand in the rain for a parade. we did though and the kids had a lot of fun. it was an impressively long parade and they threw candy, which we were not used to. i think the kids seriously got like 2 lbs of candy! this is not even all of it. it was insane.

it was so funny because at the parade the parade if yelled woo hoo for a certain float they would always throw something fun for the kids. if garran yelled they would not throw anything. we got a pretty good laugh about that. guess i just have a good parade yelling voice =)

after the parade we just kind of hung out. not much to do when it is raining besides just hope it stops and wait for fireworks. well this is lil miss just hanging out. i added it just because i though she looked so cute in this shirt.

so we were waiting for fireworks to start and i stepped on a nice piece of glass. garran had to do a little impromptu surgery on my foot to get it out. needless to say my foot was pretty sore. so we decided not to park downtown to watch the fireworks but to sit up in the park where it is a little more family friendly. plus are kids are not big fans of the big booms that come along with fireworks. while we waited for the fireworks to start, these nice people behind us were letting their kids do sparklers and asked if our kids could have some. so each of the boys got to do a few sparklers. they thought it was great!

then it was time for the big show!

the fireworks were great as usual. however at the end it was way past my kiddos bedtime and they were ready to go. briea was out and we were quickly losing cullan.

can't you tell by that nice big yawn.

we hope everyone had a great fourth!!