4th Of July

We had so much on the 4th of July as a family. We started off going to our Ward pancake breakfast at a nearby park.

The kids reminded me to hang up the American flag and we put some in our flower pots too. We sang lots of patriotic songs and we all dressed in blue together with a few accents of red. Ashleigh is our little color coordinator.



We went to the parade and the kids favorite part was catching all the candy. It was a little long but it was still fun to do something with the community.



We had a blast watching the fireworks. We couldn't believe that Brynn stayed awake the whole entire time. Ashleigh was so cute as she had a comment after each firework. We met up with some good friends who were visiting from out of town.



We had so much fun making little care packages for those who are serving across seas for our country. I thought that was a great activity they planned before the firework show started. They all got to write a letter or color a picture for them.




We concluded the day with doing our traditional sparklers and Kevin took the kids camping in our backyard. That is our way of camping. We don't have to pack the whole house to camp and the kids are happy to be in a tent in nature. I stayed in our nice comfortable bed and had Brynn sleep in her bed. She wouldn't do so well in a tent yet.

I'm so grateful for America. I absolutely love our freedom and I love to pass on this great love to our children. They truly love this special day and I hope that by traveling through different states they will continue to love this special land and truly see how blessed we are to be in this free country.