On Monday, the 2nd of July, Christopher and Tysen had a cul-de-sac party with people from their neighborhood. There were a lot, a lot of people. But there were also lots of goodies, fun activities, and cousins to play with. Blythe had her face painted, Brandt slid down the bouncy slide, and everyone ate way too many sugary treats.
Blythe and Ava had their faces painted the very same.
Aren't they beautiful?
Brandt eating a snow cone with a face covered in cotton candy.
Christopher had parachute fireworks.
He lit one, a mob of little people chased after it, a big kid ran over a small one, and that was the end of that.
Too many children running after the same prize.
See how many people were there.
It was pandemonium.
On the morning of the 4th of July, we loaded the children, the picnic blanket, and folding chairs into the bike trailer and pedaled down to the parade. Some of our neighbors own a business on Center Street and invited any and all who cared to to join them to watch with them. It was nice to have good seats and to be with friends and neighbors. The children enjoyed the parade, well, most of it. Blythe wanted to go home before the end, but Brandt was engaged. After the parade, we stayed and had a bit of lunch.
Three Brandt pictures.
Tom, the family, and Jerry
In the afternoon, we swam with my family at my mom's house. We barbecued, had homemade root beer, and homemade ice cream too.
Guy, Mikayla, Blake, Brandt, Sue, Donovan
Lyla wanted to play on the coaster with the other kids.
It was filthy, and so was she.
Look at those not so white pants.
Because we live on the east side of town, we have to get home before the Stadium of Fire starts so that we can actually get home. We put the children to bed at their normal time, and quite frankly, neither of them complained. Kent and I watched fireworks from the driveway. We are always happy to celebrate the freedoms we enjoy in this country.
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