4th of July

I love the 4th. I have always loved all the celebrations that go with it.
This year for the first time since we have been married we stuck around for the 4th. Typically we go up camping for the weekend, but with it being on Wednesday and Brandon only getting one pathetic day off, we hung out around here.
On the 3rd Gunnison had their concert and fireworks show. They had Restless Heart, which we love, come to do the show. It was great. Good music, good weather, good company. We went with all of Brandon's family. The night was perfect fun. I loved watching the kids play. Especially Kyler. He is a one of a kind kind of kid. He was dancing like a fool, running all over the place, and throwing his glow sticks with the best of them.
The next morning we went to the "candy" parade. This is what we call parades now. A) they throw absurd amounts of candy at parades now. B) the main point of the parade is to throw candy, or at least that is how is seems. No super fancy floats like we had as kids, just trucks/tailors with kids or people on them. But, nevertheless it was fun and both kids enjoyed themselves.
Now this is when we usually take off, but we decided to go the park for a couple hours and let kyler spend some tickets. We only lasted an hour, only played on game of fishing pond, waited forever in a line to ride a train for 2 minutes, it was hot, both kids were exhausted from the late night before. So we bought snow cones for me and Brandon, popcorn for Kyler and Brooklyn and headed home. Layed them down for naps, and did yard work.
The we decided last minute ot drive up to my family's cabin in Fairview to check on it after the fires got so close. Everything looked great. We threw rocks in the lake, got muddy feet and hands. Then headed back home in time for Brandon to help take flags down.
Perfection.
Happy Fourth!

This boy and his "B"

Get Daddy!!

This girl and her Blankey

Community snow cone

She enjoyed the concert as well. She clapped her hands and did some head banging as well

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 The fireworks freaked Brooklyn out. She was having serious panic. She wasn't happy with me, not with daddy. Finally grandpa offered to take her just cause she was in so much panic, and we went. Knocked me and Brandon's right off our feet. She has been sooooo clingy lately with her teething that she wont go to anyone but me or Brandon. Shocker. But she was happy with him. Content as can be. In fact when Papa had to go back to directing traffic she wasn't happy to go back to daddy.

Some pre-parade sugar breakfast

he was so excited

The only semi- successful picture of several we took at the cabin.