Growing up the July 3rd was better than the 4th of July. My hometown has a concert in the park and a firework show that night. Every year my family would go to the park with fried chicken, shrimp salad and a bunch of sodas to listen to the concert.
This year we spent the 3rd with my family and had a great time! It was one of my favorites years to date mainly because it wasn't 100+ degrees outside. We ate dinner at my parents home and visited with family. This year was extra special because my brother Jack and his wife Dolly were here to celebrate with us. Lucky us, his law internship has him in Utah for 6 weeks this summer.
We headed over to the park and thanks to Jack and Dolly we scored coveted seats next to the playground. We listened to Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband play while the boys ran back and forth from our seats to the playground.
Uncle Jack & Henry
Henry loves slides
Home Depot had a free booth for kids!
The boys were thrilled to build and decorate their own toolboxes!
Charlie, Uncle Jack, Aunt Dolly & Henry
We spent the 4th of July at our home with my brother's family. We had a BBQ and played with those little poppers in the driveway before heading to our neighborhood firework show.
cute cousins
Our neighborhood has put on a firework show for the past few years but we've never been around to go to it. This year we went and wow- I wasn't expecting it to be as big as it was! The fireworks were absolutely incredible! We won't miss it again! Not only did we watch our fireworks, but we could see fireworks going off throughout the entire Utah Valley. The views from our neighborhood are just the best.
We sure love these guys!
Tony and Charlie had run to the store earlier in the day and came home with almost 100 sparklers and lots of little fireworks to do with the kids. The boys loved having their own little firework tanks to put in the road and watch go off! I had recently taken a trip to Idaho and had so many cherries from an afternoon of cherry picking so Tony and I made cherry pie filling out of them all.
Fireworks, vanilla ice cream and homemade cherry cobbler
God bless the USA!
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