Thursday, August 6, 2009

4th of July

The 4th of July was go, go, go this year! We got roped into helping clean the church bright and early ;) and then we were off to the parade down town. Ava picked herself up a little American flag and thought it was great, she also enjoyed making friends with the hundreds of other people enjoying the parade.


We ended up leaving early because it was so dang hot, and prego wasn't handling it very well. The perfect solution was to head over to the Cromar's 4th of July Celebration. We enjoyed the pool again this year and had an awesome barbecue, it is seriously the best...looking forward to next year!


We were a little bummed because last year we had the perfect view from the Cromar's party for the fireworks at Eagle Island, but this year they didn't do it. So we were daring and headed downtown to let Ava experience the downtown fireworks for the first time. We did a few sparklers, courtesy of the Grantham's...and got in trouble, courtesy of the security! They let us off easy and I think it was worth it because Ava held her very first sparkler that night.
The fireworks were AWESOME! Ava LOVED it, and we decided to make a new tradition of it, however, I keep forgetting I will have a six-month old next 4th of July...We may have to rethink that.


2 comments:

Pam from Over the Big Moon said...

He'll sleep through the fireworks next year! It will be fine! Nathan totally fell asleep in my arms and stayed asleep all the way home!

It was so fun seeing you while you were down! Hopefully some of that boy stuff will work for your little guy! Can't wait for his arrival!

krista said...

ava's little outfit is just too cute. she really is as cute as ever. i miss seeing you at church, it seems like half our ward is gone!