The Fourth of July

One of Jed's fond childhood memories is of going to his grandparents' house and watching the neighborhood  parade and having brunch with his cousins. He really wanted to make sure to take advantage of us living in Utah and this tradition so we were able to enjoy the morning with his family. I think this was the kids' first Fourth of July parade (which is really bad on my part). They had so much fun, especially getting to run out and catch the thrown candy.

I made this outfit the day before for Chloe since I had everything lying around.

 Later that night we headed over to Jed's sister's house for a BBQ and fireworks. One of the perks of living in Utah is that mortars (the fireworks that shoot up in the air) are legal. Jed had a blast (seriously he's like a kid when it comes to fireworks, he already wants to start a $1000 fund just for them for next year...not going to happen but he can dream) and he put on a good show. The kids enjoyed the sparklers too. This was the first year Chloe wasn't afraid of them. Unfortunately, Elijah still remembers his shirt catching a little flame on it while we were in Japan two years ago and refuses to touch sparklers. He liked playing with the glow sticks though.