The Fourth

This years Forth Of July was an Extravaganza

Not only was it a 3 day Event, since we blessed Kapp and had family in town it seemed like we tried to fit as many activites as we could into a 72 hour period

But it was great!

I Love the Fourth

It is a great opportunity to celebrate our freedom and the beautiful country that we live in!

We are PROUD to be Americans!

The 3rd

This year we stared off early, 5:30 am to be exact, and headed down to the Balloon Festival in Provo

I haven't been to this since I was little, so I wasn't sure what it would be like

Our poor kids, drug out of thier beds before the sun comes out, and stuck in a one person stroller

 (sad they don't fit like this anymore)

I was wearing a hat, Chris was wearing a hat, so Dempsey wanted a hat

I am so glad we went, it was definately worth the early rise

Even though  it was too windy so only  a couple of the balloons were able to launch, it was so neat to be so close to all these balloons. You could literally touch them

While we were waiting for the balloons to go up, they had this nice all you can eat pancake breakfast, put on by the Kiwanis Club, I think this was Chris' favorite part ~wink 

Gotta Love her bed head!

It was a site to behold. 

We will definately be doing this next year and years to come

Dempseys favorite- the pig

We spent that day at the zoo with the Nukaya's. I didn't take my camera -dumb- so no pics there,

but we all went to eat at MiMi's Cafe for dinner

Then we went with my family to watch the fireworks,

and make homemade ice cream

Brent came along for the ride

The Whole Shabang

Chris working on his Ice Cream

Here is one picture of me to prove that I was there ~wink

The 4th

After Kapps wonderful blessing, we came home and set off a few fireworks.

My Favorite- Snakes

Dempseys Favorite- Sparklers

Chris Favorite- Dodging the malfunctioning fountains

Can't get enough of this girl

The 5th

We started out with the Freedom Run

Celeste was my running partner in the 5K. I have to say she is a fabulous running partner, she kept me laughing and kept me running, just trying to keep up with those never-ending long legs~wink

She totally could have done the 10K, but she was nice enough to stay behind with me!

Chris, Rashelle, Camille

The 10K Runners

The Grand Parade

Kapps Freedom Outfit-

Especially notice his amazing tee shirt that Rashelle and I sewed!!

Yes you know you all wish you could make shirts as cool as ours, you should have seen Gavins shirt- that was one for the books~ wink  

Come on do they come any cuter than these two?

I think not

Our Family

My beautiful Mother

I didn't get any pics with Kapp and my mom at the blessing so we took some the next day

I just love this picture

And a perfect day couldn't have ended any other way than with  Sparkers!

You might be asking yourself, What are the perfect shoes to do Sparklers in?

Red Polka Dot Galoshes

 

She's our little Firework!