The 4th

Our fourth of July was a simple one. The boys and Matt kicked it off with a bike parade that our neighborhood sponsors. The kids all decorate their bikes/scooter and ride from the welcome center to the rec center with fire truck and police car escorts. Colby and Brody had a lot of fun decorating their bikes and got ribbons for participating. At the rec center they had bounce houses, cotton candy, water games, and all kinds of fun things for the kids to do.

That afternoon Matt's mom (Taya) came in town to meet Kellan and help. It was so great to have her here. I don't know how we forget, but we never get many pictures. This was right after she got here - and we didn't take another picture! How sad is that? We will blame it on sleep deprivation and two other monkeys that never let you rest one minute :)

Thank goodness we bought a bunch of fireworks at New Years and had extra b/c in our county fireworks were completely banned because of the drought. No one even put on shows. So we obeyed the ban mostly - we didn't do our other fireworks, but what would the fourth be without a little sparkle? We had about 20 sparklers- and we used all of them!

A few days after the 4th was my birthday. It was pretty quiet too! That was fine by me - Taya really took care of everything for the boys - so I think I got a couple of naps - got to open all sorts of packages from friends and family and had a nice dinner with everyone that night. Taya even bought me a cake! One little package arrived a month early. It was a great birthday. I have so much to be thankful for!