We are Proud to be Americans!

This is by far one of my favorite holidays.

First of I LOVE AMERICA!!

That alone can make this holiday perfect.

but the fact that it is a day for family and fun makes it spectacular.  

Here are some of the things we love to do.

We set our chairs and blankets out the night before.

We had red, white, and blue German Pancakes for breakfast

We do the girls hair in the shape of a star.

We paint the kids faces.

We all dress in red, white, an blue.

We go to the K-Town parade

We stand and cheer for the Veterans and Service men and woman.

We place our hand on our heart as the flag goes by.

We get soaking wet at the water show.

We get together with family for lunch and dinner.

We set the table all festive.

We go to the fireworks.

We spend the whole day together having a blast.

The parade was a little different this year.  

First off all the people that said they were coming didn't come :-( so we had a ton of extra space.  

People around us were thrilled when we gave it up.

The jets didn't do a fly by in formation this year...bummer.

We were so hot until it started to rain.  

YES!  Full on rain in July.

We didn't get wet...except JJ in the water show.

It was great when a complete stranger dumped a bucket of water over JJ's head and said

"You didn't look wet enough"

I wish I could have given him a high five.

The water show was smaller than normal but the truck that went by was HUGE!!

SO AWESOME to watch.

After the water show Jeff and Tara came over for lunch.  

They brought yummy salad and hotdogs.

Then Mama, Papa, and David came over for dinner.

It was a blast setting the table with Emma and making it look cute.

After we hung out with our neighbors and mingled.

Then we went to the Davis Firework show.

It was one of the worst ones yet but I still love it.

I just love the cool night air and hanging out with family.

Plus call me crazy but I love, LOVE, the crowd.

I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July.

We sure did.