4th of July

We tried to have as much fun as possible for the 4th of July. Luck for us, Cache Valley is a great place to do that. July 3rd, one of the departments put on a huge concert and fireworks show at Romney Stadium. We didn't go to it but we did go with some friends to a park high on the benches and watched the show from afar. The kids loved it. (Side note: glow sticks do lose their potency over time. Ours were less than spectacular but the kids still loved them.)

On the 4th, the city of Hyrum hosts the parade, which oddly doesn't start until noon. We showed up just in time to find our same neighbors, sit with them towards the front of the parade and make out like kids at Halloween when it came to candy and snacks; a cheese stick, hand fulls of otter pops, tootsie rolls, taffy, water bottles, a few frisbees, coupons, and dumdums. 

Loving everything but the camera.

Later that night, our awesome neighbors (who also don't have family in town) came over for dinner and some fireworks. I know it looks bright-ish outside and that's because it was. Having our kids up until almost 11 the night before, we decided to light some of the fireworks at dusk.

Although our show was small, quite a few of our neighbors went all out. We saw about 4 different sets of fireworks within a few blocks of us going for close to 30 min or longer. Neither girl acted particularly scared of the fireworks this year.

God Bless America!