Happy 4th of JULY!!

We had a fantastic Fourth of July. Here we are Thursday night at the annual street dance they have in our town. It was so nice to visit with my all time favorite babysitter, Chrissy and her two boys. Chrissy was, hands-down, the best babysitter I ever had for my children when they were younger. She became a part of my family and will forever be special to us. It is so strange to see her chase her little ones around instead of mine!!



Then on Friday morning we went to the parade.



Here are the firetrucks and the traditional squirt of water for a relief from the heat.



Then there is the guy who rides the bull with the ducks who follow right behind him throughout the entire parade!!




The Shriner's always do a fantastic job and show up with many different types of fun cars.

One of the best treats thrown were Popsicles!! Forget the hard candy, these were great!!!

Mommy and Mallory...Love the smile, it's hard to get one out of her when you bring the camera out!

And finally, near the end of the parade was this adorable float with a real live little model of the Statue of Liberty...Isn't she cute???!!!!

I hope you all had a very safe and happy 4th. We later went to our friend's house and had a cookout and pool party. Then the kids lit sparklers and small firecrackers. When it got dark enough, the big boys brought out the bigger fireworks and we had our very own display. I was actually very impressed by the quality of the fireworks we had. I was waiting for the law to pull up any minute because they were pretty impressive. Thank you, Amy and Jason, for opening your house to our family. We had a great time and enjoyed spending the evening with you all.