4th of July

The fourth of July fell on a Wednesday this year, which always makes an odd day off for Paul to have-it kept feeling like we should be getting ready for church the next day.

We decided to go to Summerlin in the morning for the parade, but had a slightly late start. The parade started at nine and we left our house a few minutes before it started, so that meant quite a hike from a parking space we could find to the parade but Paul carried James and I had Evelyn in the stroller. When we arrived a very kind family offered us a space on the grass next to them, so Paul and the boys could see the parade easily. I needed to nurse Evelyn anyway so she and I stayed back a bit. The highlight of the parade for the boys was definitely the Star Wars bit, they were happily waving to the storm troopers.

We lasted about 45 minutes sweating in the sun, before we left the parade to go home and get swim clothes on. We drove to my parents and the boys and Paul went swimming. My brother and his family were there also, so we enjoyed an awesome barbecue, let the kids do a craft and played games! My brother had bought a box of, what he thought were sparklers and fireworks, but they turned out to be poppers mainly. The boys loved them though and a surprise rainfall made it a plus that we could do them indoors! We lasted until about 430, then headed home. The boys were already very tired (James had fallen asleep in the car on the drive back) so it was an early night for all of us.

So many people shoot off fireworks across the valley, that we could watch fireworks from our windows! It was incredibly noisy, but the children all slept through it and the dogs stayed calm.