4th of July

Well, we headed back down to Utah again and had a pretty relaxing and fun holiday weekend. The 4th was the laziest day of our trip. We sat around at my parents and didn’t even leave the house until late afternoon when we took the kids to Cabela’s. Alex had so much fun seeing all the stuffed animals and loved the huge fish tank! After we went back to my parents had dinner, put Connor to bed and took Alex out to watch a few fireworks, but we were a little too far a way for her to really enjoy them so we left early and lit off a few of our own - which she enjoyed a lot more anyway.

Saturday was a really fun day when we got together with Ryan's family. It’s always fun spending time with his family, but this time was even more fun because there was so much going on. One of Ryan’s older brothers and his family were in town so there we more cousins than usual there and there was a bunch of stuff going on in his brother’s neighborhood too. All the cousins had so much fun playing and just being together.

His youngest sister, Karen announced she was pregnant and there was even a really good fireworks show that a neighbor put on. It was so good that the fire marshal and police even showed up (the neighbor put on a 20+ minute show with a huge collection of illegal fireworks).

It really was a ton of fun and we love when Alex gets a chance to see and play with all of her cousins - she never gets enough of being with them.

What a great weekend to be with family and celebrate our freedom. I hope every one had a great 4th as well.