4th of July FUN!!

We had a great day! We started out our day with a festive 4th of July Breakfast and then the kids decorated their bikes and we went to the neighborhood parade. I was so lucky to have a friend whose neighborhood did this. My kids were in Heaven. After the parade we went home and had lunch with watermelon of course and did smores and then had quiet time. I did a little sewing with a friend and then we just hung out as a family. It was great to have Jeremy home! At dinner time we met another one of my friends at this wonderful park and Bar-B-qued. We had a yummy dinner and let the kids play together. Then we finally went to the Meridian Mall Central Park 4th Party. They had games and rides and it was all free!!! It was awesome! Free things were given out and the kids had so much fun! We then were suppose to go home and get the kids to bed after doing some of our own fireworks but we had a change of plans. My friend talked us into (although I don't know how) staying for the fireworks which did not start until 10:15pm. We decided to do our own fireworks while waiting for the BIG fireworks to start. We snacked and just sat around watching all the personal fireworks going on, it was really fun. Then FINALLY the fireworks started and as fast as it started it ended. I will say they were beautiful! We were so close to where they were shooting them so it was very loud and every so often the younger ones were scared but most of the time they were giggling and ooooing and aaaaahing. We then found a quick way out thanks to our friends and we were able to make it home in 15 minutes. That has to be record for getting out of the parking for these events. I looked back before we were home and every single one of my kids were, as my dad would say, out like a light. I got them out of their seats one by one and handed them to Jeremy who then took them all up to bed. I cleaned up a bit from the day and went to bed. It was a fun day and we were happy the kids enjoyed their first 4th of July away from all the family. We missed all of you! We are thankful for the reason we celebrate the 4th of July and enjoy the freedoms we have. Happy 4th to all of you!

P.S. I was too lazy to put the photos in the order they happened so they are out of order but as you can see they had fun and then slept well. :)