Yesterday we started celebrating by going to the parade. We had to go the day before and put our chairs out. I know in the city this is the norm, but in Gunnison we usually show up 15 min before it starts and get prime seating.
The kids had a lot of fun. Paislee was really calm and just sat in the chair and watched, while my niece and nephew were going crazy for the candy.
According to Heath, Riker liked the pretty girls in their
dresses the best. He liked the "eye candy"!
A reindeer from the North Pole came to check on all the kids.His antlers are so velvety and neat.
We entered Riker baby into the diaper derby at the park and he won 1st place. He won a cute little stuffed turtle and is really proud of his 1st place gold medal!
We were so hot after the parade and diaper derby that we all piled into the back of our truck to go back to our house and have hot dogs and let the kids play. We looked like total hill billies!!!
We had a wonderful 4th of July celebration and hope that you all did too. We are grateful for our freedom and the land we live in. We are grateful for those who are making a sacrifice to make it possible to have freedom as we know first hand how hard it is. Papa (my dad) is currently serving in Iraq, my brother Ben and Heath have served in Iraq and Heath just finished a tour to Afghanistan in Feb.
God Bless America
hahaha...we truly do look like a bunch of hillbillies! I don't know what is up with those pictures. It looks almost like someone put a smudge mark on the lens, as all of the pictures have the same funky blurryness in the same spots.
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