Saturday, July 5, 2008

Happy 4th!!



How lucky we are to be in the Land of the Free! We got up early to start the day off and Baylee has been so excited for the parade and fireworks, it was easy to lure her out of bed for once! :) On our drive over to Kaysville I tried to explain to Baylee why we where red, white and blue and so she understood it best, I told her it was a giant birthday party for the USA and we all get to be part of the party. She's always game for a birthday party and is always wanting to know who's is next to celebrate! We had some great home cooked Kaysville breakfast thanks to Dad ... who's been in charge of the cooking for 30 years now. He's awesome! The parade was so fun and the kids loved getting as much candy and squirting everyone with their waterbottles and guns! The anticipation was building for the water part and getting to see Tone and Brandon come down with their awesome water contraptions and sadly, it was cut short due to a small accident :( It put a little damper on our spirits because after 2 days of hard work getting the trailers ready, they didn't even get to go by. It was still fun and we got wet enough to cool off! We headed off to Provo after that for some dinner at the 'Brick Oven' with the Stettler fam and enjoy some of the festivities with half of Utah down at the Stadium of Fire! It was soooo crowded but so fun! Baylee was more than a little excited to see Hannah Montana. I learned that she didn't quite grasp the concept of a concert though when she came out and Baylee was disappointed she didn't come up and hang out with us! I think she thought we were going to actually see her and hang out with her :) It was really fun ... I only knew her one song but it was great watching all the little girls in the audience sing every word and scream with so much excitment every time she started a new song! The fireworks were great and the kids loved every minute! I was grateful to have gotten a hotel in Provo so we didn't have to fight the insane traffic all the way home though! We woke up Saturday and went to Seven Peaks with everyone too! We didn't stay too long but it was a great time! Now for some R&R the rest of the weekend to get Tone back to good health! He was a good sport to come along when he was so sick and battered up! Thanks for making it a fun weekend! Love you!

5 comments:

April said...

We had so much fun with you guys!!! Thanks for coming even though Tone didn't feel good:)

Skeem's said...

that was fun to come down for the celebration!! I haven't been able to find my camera cord for the computer so that is why i haven't sent my pictures over:( hopefully i will find it soon!! i got some cute ones

Burbs said...

Thanks Jen for all you did to make this day great. I loved the treat bags idea and the spray bottles!! The kids had fun and so did I!!!!

Jodie said...

Looks like you guys had a blast! Sorry about Tone's arm...ouch!I hope it gets better soon! I hope he feels better too. That was good of him to to see Hanna and everything feeling that way! You guys are a cute little fam!

Niederfam said...

A party indeed!!! Fun to see you at breakfast BRIEFLY!!!!!