Proud to be an American

The Fourth of July landed on a Sunday this year, and living in Utah we've had a whole new experience with celebrating our nations Independence Day.  Everything happened on Saturday and Monday (since Mon. was the Federal Holiday) which was really weird for me.  We did a lot of stuff on Saturday but the rest of the weekend was pretty uneventful.  We totally forgot to watch the fireworks on TV for Boston and DC, which I'm bummed about since we were actually home.  Oh well.  We still had a fun filled day. 

We woke up before 8 and went to our ward's annual Scout Breakfast.  The food was amazing, the kids had fun and even though it was very early, it was worth it. We went shopping for a few things and then came home and did this to Micah. . .

Not really but he did get completely buzzed.  Randy seriously considered leaving the tuft up front, but I put mommy law into effect.   The rest of the day we were getting ready for the big shindig we were invited to at Randy's cousin's house in PG.  Their neighborhood pretty much blocks off their street for a water fight, bbque and fireworks.

Malia really got into it. . . that was until she realized that people will get her wet.

I even got in on the action. . . sort of

Micah didn't like getting wet either, which doesn't make sense since he's a fish.

A cute shot of the girls.

Eeah gave up on the big guns and went for a cup instead. . . that we filled with the big guns.

Morgie with our cousin Jess, she's gonna be a heartbreaker in a few years.

Our hostest, Andrea, took a few shots of us, I thought they turned out pretty cute.

Andrea wanted to have proof that she was at this party so she had people take pictures of her with different people.  I was one of them, gotta love it. (oh BTW some of these shots are hers, thanx so much Andrea).

After the bbque, eating blue cake and waiting for it to get dark enough for fireworks.

Malia really loved the red, white and blue cake.  I honestly don't know how many pieces she snagged.

Morgan showing off her new toothless smile.

Pooped Mac waiting for more fun.

More waiing, can you see the excitement in his face?

Randy was there I have proof.

There was an amazing sunset that we couldn't resist taking shots of.

It looked like fire on the horizon.

Then the fireworks came.  Andrea's house was in a perfect shot of PG's fireworks.

I am soo proud to be living in this country and am grateful to those man and women who fought for our freedoms.  The week before the 4th, my little brother Andy was deployed to Iraq for a year.  It's been hard on all of us, especially his family.  We pray for his safe return as well as all of the servicemen and women over there.  Thanx for all you.  You are amazing, courageous people.  We love you!!!