Monday, July 7, 2008

Celebrating the Fourth!

Bike Rodeo!
We started the morning out by waking up early and heading to the church for some yummy pancakes & eggs and our annual 4th of July Bike Rodeo! The kids had so much fun. They even had a mini carnival this year complete with snowcones! Since we bought David a bike last week he has been a riding machine. I think he rode his bike more than any other kid there this year... It wasn't until the very end when we finally convinced him to get off his bike and enjoy a nice cold snowcone.








BBQ at the Munks
In the afternoon we went over for a BBQ at Stan & Julies with the Dillon family, the Thorpe family, and Grandma & Grandpa Kidd! We had SO much good food. We ate and ate and ate until we just couldn't eat no more... and then we ate some more! It was so delicious. The kids had fun playing on the trampoline, the Munks new slip'n'slide, and just hanging out! It was a fun evening!

Aubrey, Meagan, Lauren, Audrey, and Kate


The boys had fun trying to master the boogie board on the slip'n'slide. It's much harder than it looks!





A few more of my favorite pics...



Fireworks!
When it started to get dark we all headed back to our place for the annual firework show that our street puts on. I think we top ourselves every year! It was a BLAST (literally!). David was so wiped out I went and put him down before we started so he missed the show, but saw plenty of loud firecrackers during the day. He didn't seem to mind them and would just yell "kaboom" or "pop, pop, pop"! The older kids had fun lighting off some of the smaller fireworks and were entertained all night!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!
We are so blessed to be able to spend the day with our family and friends in such a wonderful community and such a wonderful country!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, looks like so much fun! We need to plan a trip over the 4th to Seattle on of these years.

The Dillon 6 said...

I can't believe we had that many fireworks to blast through! It's no wonder we didn't make it in until almost midnight!

Mark and Jennifer said...

Sounds like you all had a great 4th!

Our Beautiful Life said...

How fun! I love the pictures and I love your new layout!

Jenie said...

WOW! What a fun way to celebrate the holiday! Love the photos of the bike rides. Very cute!

Corey and Lisa said...

Isn't David only 2?? He is young to be riding around on a two-wheeler! So cute! looks like you have been having fun!