The Monday after Maris' baptism was the 4th of July! And we did ALL the things!!!
First we went to the hot air balloons, but for like the 5th time in a row, they didn't send any up in the air because of wind. And only 3 even blew up! It was so sad!! So we won't be going back for a while. Definitely not worth waking up at 5:30am for. But we made the best of it! Maris was the only one who would go with me over to be right next to a balloon while it was blowing up.
Happy 4th of July!
Then, in an amazing turn of events, on the way home I was like "it's only 7:30am, we should got for a bike ride on the river trail while it's still cool enough"....and everyone agreed! So we finally did our first real bike ride as a family! Emma is finally big enough to ride a couple of miles. So we dropped off the big kids and Eric up at the canyon, and drove down to the Sports park. Then rode back up to meet them! It was so fun, and I just couldn't believe that everyone (ahem, Eric!) agreed to do it! We came back to the Sports park, and then decided to send Katelyn to drive the little girls home, while the other 4 of us rode the 2 more miles home. It is so awesome to finally have a teenage driver!!
Sadly, even though this was my dream come true, I didn't get a picture of us as a family on our first real ride! Whitney snapped this selfie which I am grateful for- Katelyn is right behind her and Eric and Maris are back on the trail.
After a couple of hours resting and watching Independence Day, we went to Highland to swim and play again:
Cute Owen and Emma decked out! Katelyn painted everyone's faces and did a GREAT job.
Family 4th of July pic! It was a LONG but good day haha.
Maris, Jayda and Emma, and Emma with her chalk American flag she was so proud of.
Me and Whit! And Eric with Cute Damon earlier in Highland.
Eric's interesting glow stick style haha. And Katelyn's pretty chalk lyrics to America the Beautiful! Also it should be noted that Grammy and Grandpa Jamie came and met us for the fireworks, it was so fun! And then came home with us for a fun day the 5th before they drove back to California. I should have taken a picture with them! My dad is so fun to watch fireworks with, he just loves it. So our vantage point seeing fireworks all over the valley, plus the big show right by, was a big treat for him!
A great day!
And I took these of Emma and me. Sorry Owen!! I promise he was there!
the kids had so much fun with Jayda, Xavier, Wade and Damon.
We went to the same park as last year to watch fireworks, it turned out great again! Here's all the kids and Kurtis decked out in their glow gear!
Family 4th of July pic! It was a LONG but good day haha.
Maris, Jayda and Emma, and Emma with her chalk American flag she was so proud of.
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