So our town has a 4th of July parade that runs downtown that is just awesome. Only issue is that the entire town (like literally and then some) comes out and it is just insane! Luckily, my awesome dad decided to head down around 6am and saved us some amazing front row seats in the shade. Yep, even in the shade. I told you he is just awesome. Look how cute my kids were in their red, white and blue! Eeeek, aren't Addilyn's piggies just adorable?! And her bow. Ugh. Love.
Along with my family, we met some friends in our sweet parade watching spot for some fourth of July fun. I had high hopes of an adorable little picture of these friends that they would have for years to come but this is the best we got. Lukas: "Seriously, mom? Where's my Thor hammer? I need to go fight something." Ember: "Ummm, I have a booty in my face."Addilyn: "Done. Just done." Yeah. Look for a better picture next year, k? Cool.
Told you Lukas was looking for his Thor hammer. Pictures typically turn out much better when he has a super-hero accessory.
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Maybe we will enter him in the parade next year. I mean, he keeps us pretty entertained, might as well share this personality with the town, huh? Haha. Love him
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Best part of the parade was seeing Jeff's dad (aka Loompa) playing his tuba with his band. Lukas was thrilled and beyond excited when Loompa even waved at him! WOW!
The kids did so great for all 140 + floats. Addilyn loved waving at the people, dogs and kids and watching all the entertaining things going by. Oh, and the candy. Of course she loved the candy being handed right to her. We came home with a rather sticky little munchkin.
My sister, mom and I came home from the parade and started prepping for our fourth of July party! Yum. We obviously had fun. Thanks, Pinterest, for the fun ideas.
My family headed home, and Jeff had the rest of the weekend off of work so we decided to take advantage of the time and headed out to the yurts for a little family camping trip. We've always loved camping, but adding kids to the fun is always a bit more of an adventure. (Side note: Definition of Adventure: A super exciting trip that at least once during it, you think "I wish we didn't do this"). My kids adore the outdoors so we spent the majority of the time before it got dark wandering the woods, finding giant sticks and admiring the bugs.
Love this adorable little family of mine...
Lukas loved showing Addilyn things about the outdoors. And she loves holding his hand. So they made a pretty cute pair.
Addilyn was quite thrilled to just sit and play in the dirt. And Zoe's water. And the combination was really exciting. Oh, and then feeding Zoe dirt. Nice.
Lukas helping Daddy with dinner on the BBQ.
Once it started getting dark and colder, Lukas couldn't wait to actually sleep in the yurt! Also, he got to sleep right next to Mommy and Daddy so this was super exciting for him. And then comes the part of the adventure where you say to yourself "Umm, maybe we shouldn't have done this." Addilyn usually sleeps really well but decided around 1 am that is was party time. We had yurt-neighbors that were literally like 10 feet away and I'm sure could here every little noise she was making, which of course was getting louder and louder as time went on. Needless to say, Jeff decided to go drive her around to see if she would fall asleep; she didn't so he headed home to put her in her bed. Our house is only about 20 minutes away, so it wasn't a huge deal. Overall, it was a great family camping trip and at least 1 out of 2 kids loved every second of it. For that, I would do it again in a heartbeat. Hope you enjoyed our little adventure! Now go get outside on this gorgeous summer day! Smell the summer air and take the time to see the sun shining thru the trees. Our God is truly amazing, isn't He?
Looks like a WONDERFUL time! So glad we got to experience the parade with you (and YES - your dad is AMAZING!) And now Dustin and I will have to go and try out the Yurt camping! Looks like so much fun!
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