Independence Day

Happy Birthday, America!  We celebrated our country's beginnings with a ward breakfast and kid's bike parade.  Then we headed over to the city parade.  I love parades.  This one was pretty hot but still fun for everyone.

It was fun to actually know a few people in the parade including our cute niece (waving)

We went home for a bbq and fireworks, then watched the stadium fireworks show from our yard.

As you can see, it was hard to keep E from touching the sparkers.  *Disclaimer* no children were harmed in the taking of these photographs.