Happy 4th of July

4th of July morning we walked to Main St. for the annual parade.  The city did a great job this year!

 Cole loved the characters in the parade and wanted to hug each one.  

What a cute kid! 

Joey is our parade snob and refused to run for any salt water taffy that was thrown out.... Salt water taffy was pretty much all the candy passed out.  He wanted the good stuff like the specialty chocolate the Mrs. Cavanaugh's float passed out.  He's a smart stinker.

 My boys love their Uncle Jack!

After the parade we headed back to my parent's home to cool off.  It was hot!  The kids played in the water and everyone had lunch.  So fun to celebrate the 4th with them this year!

We headed home for a little quiet time before we were off to another celebration!  Tony's office purchased tickets to Stadium of Fire for employees and families and we couldn't wait to go!  Prior to the show was a company dinner at the BYU baseball stadium.

 Charlie looks so grown up in this picture!  

They also supplied everyone with company t-shirts.  They are actually cute too!  We were pretty much walking advertising :)

 Playing around after dinner

 It was really fun for our boys to explore the stadium while we waited for the show to start!

We were worried to bring the boys to the show, but they did GREAT!  I picked up glow sticks & special snacks to help them get through the night.  Tony even bought dippin' dots and I'm pretty sure he and I were more excited about them than the boys were.  Dippin' dots!  Maybe that was a fad when we were kids?  Anyways, they were just as wonderful as we imagined them to be :)

Carrie Underwood was the guest performer and was amazing!  The whole show was fantastic and the boys were mesmerized.  We left when Carrie had a couple songs left because we were worried about losing one of the boys in the mass exodus afterwards!  It ended up being a smart move because we watched the fireworks from the parking lot and got out of Provo without any traffic.

The fireworks were incredible!  You could see them everywhere!  I think we may find a spot to watch them next year.  It was our best 4th of July yet.  I loved the Stadium of Fire because it was so patriotic.  I felt a rush of gratitude to live in this country.

Happy 4th of July!!!