The day after my birthday

In case in are wondering, yes, Utah has a big celebration the day after my birthday.  I have often wondered if it is in honor of me and they don't want to single just one person out so they "claim" it is Pioneer Day of Days of 47'  What ever it is I love the celebration.  First it starts off with a parade.  Which now that we have kids we watch it from our home not the actual route.  

Today after the parade was over we headed down to City Creek to get these two monkeys a few more things for school.

  Our neighborhood has started a fun tradition of getting together with all of the fireworks our boys husbands have bought and bring them to light them off for one big display.  It is a lot of fun watching the men behave like teenagers.  This year my parents decided to come hang out with us for the party. 

 Emry found the perfect seat in the house. 

 Seriously, I don't know who has more fun.  The teenage boys or the grown men?

 I hardly see JJ the whole night because he is off getting his pyromaniac on.  Emma was running all over with her friends.  It was a good thing that Mapa came because who would I have hung out with?  Oh wait, that's right I have a spare or two or three.  Ellie, Elsie, and Emry were a bit nervous at first and then the older two were all over the place.  

Now, don't forget tonight is a school night for Emma and Elsie.  So we had to do blessing before the festivities and we had to hurry home after and get to bed.  Seriously what kind of State planning was this?  It just feels so wrong to send them to school.  And yes, they got to bed roughly after 11:00pm.  Ugh