Happy 4th of July

It is now a tradition for all the families to have their picture taken in front of Grandma Toni's house with the flag! It is a great way to start the day, reminding the kids about what the flag stands for, what Independence Day really means and to give thanks to all of those who have and are defending our country!

I love this picture with all the kids in their RED, WHITE, and BLUE waiting for the parade to start!

The parade was great the kids were loaded up with candy, flags, frisbees, cool 3-D glasses for the fireworks show and popsicles! Then it was off to the park where there was FOOD, FROGS, FISH & FUN, for everyone!!!!

(Lucky us there are several fish in each bag)

Even luckier were the three older kids who got giant frogs to take home and ......... yeah, what exactly am I suppose to do with this frog??????? Do they eat fish? Because I happen to have a few of those I would like to get rid of.

Skylar loved all the blow-up activities. The rock climbing or in her case rock sliding was one of her favorite.

Here she is being drug up the wall as she holds on and smiles for the pictures!

My parents were able to have almost all of their grand kids in one spot, we were only missing Brecken and Tate, they were on a float with their dad!

As if we had not had enough to eat, we had a fried chicken party that evening at Deanas, complete with team Olympics, minute to win its, and lots of laughs.

Before the fireworks Taylor, set up his DJ equipment and we couldn't help but start dancing.

"Land of the Free because of the Brave"

was a line on one of the floats and I thought it was a great way to end the day, remembering all of those who have given their lives for us!!!