Our 4th of July...

I'm a little late posting pics, but it's more for our blurb book we're going to make out of the blog than anything... so here goes! (If you have made a blurb book from your blog, help me out! Everytime I do it, my picture quality is all super low- bah!)

We started our 4th Celebration on the 3rd at the North Salt Lake City festivities and firework show! It's been a tradition in my family to go for as long as I can remember!

When we got there we ate our picnic dinner, did the bounce houses/slides, played a few carnival games, bought cotton candy, played on the blankets, and were so excited when Aunt Lissy and Uncle Mark came and Uncle Bo and Aunt Heidi and cousin Lola!They always have fantastic bands playing- the kiddos just dance their little hearts out! Colby was doing summersaults and jumps and getting jiggy with it and cracking everyone up. And of course they always love dancing swing with Daddy and doing tricks! My little posers- ha ha! We sat right next to this flag... but you can see the beautiful mountains in the background- it is a gorgeous and perfect setting. I LOVE Bountiful! The fireworks lasted over 30 minutes and were AMAZING!!! We kept thinking it was the grand finale because they were so huge and fast. We loved every second- it was set to patriotic music of course... Such fun memories- we loved spending time with my fam!So the next morning was the real 4th and we were in Park City so we headed out to the Parade! This was the 1st parade the kiddos have been to really...

It was kind of a ghetto fabulous parade- no amazingly hugo mongo floats but some cool trucks and dancers and floats...

We found the perfect spot to watch the parade by these beautiful daisies with a ledge to sit on.

We ate lots of snacks and it was actually a pretty long parade. So fun. Love all the colorful crazy houses in park City!

Then we headed right out to Oakley, UT for the kiddos Rodeo... We met up with the Pearce's Dovers, and Burkinshaws. We really had no idea what we were in for. Some serious rodeo for tots.

The kids first lined up in the arena according to age and had a race. Mia was the 1st girly across the line- wahoo! And i felt bad because all she had on was sandles so she took them off and ran barefoot! Colby ran fast and did great too- all the kids got a silver 50 cent piece for completing the run. They were SOO excited. Next they lined the kiddos up again and did a chicken chase- if you caught the chicken you got to keep it. Thank heavens the kiddos did not catch one of the chickens. ;-) It was HILARIOUS to watch though- those poor little chickens.JJ and Colby loved standing on the rails watching all the action!
Ok, so the Mutton Bustin was pretty serious business! These sheep were HUGE! And mean! Kids were getting bucked off right and left and trampled. I wasn't even sure I wanted Colby to do it. He did though and Ger ran along side the sheep and grabbed his shirt when he was about to fall off. PHEW! What a good dad. JJ went right after Colby and wasn't so lucky. DOH.Here's a good zoomed in shot! Woah- nice grab.He said it was fun but he NEVER wanted to do it again. Cute girlies! We hung out with the Burkinshaws... Mia and Sydney, though registered to ride a sheep, politely declined. ;-) The Pearces oldest, Cole, was super brave and rode this Calf. Ok, they called it a calf but this baby was HUGE! Kids got pretty beat up and trampled but Cole rode great and we were so impressed that he was brave enough to do it.

After the rodeo we went to a retro diner for a late lunch and it was a blast. The kiddos loved eating with their friends and it was actually super yummy. Then swimming to end the crazy day! It was one of the funnest 4ths we've ever had!