Fourth of July

Independence Day is always a fun holiday for us. Well, for anybody. It's smack in the middle of summer so it's warm, there's swimming, barbecues, parades, candy, family, friends. What more could you ask for?

We don't care a ton for parades, all the people is too much for us. But we figured Ivan would really enjoy the horses and candy.

This was the coolest float ever!

He got prime seating for seeing everything.

And Charlotte had a good time just chilling with me.

This is the same outfit Ivan wore for July 4th last year. Ivan was 9 months in it. Charlotte is 3 months in it.

Then the parade got boring, after about a half hour or so. And Ivan found the rocks to be much more exciting.

After that we went home, had the kids take a short nap then packed up for Rigby Lake.

Ivan had a blast playing in the sand, tasting some of it, and watching his juice cup float.

See how much he likes this dirty water?! He let me take him out deep enough where I almost couldn't walk anymore. And he loved it!

We got to spend some quality time with Ivan's good friend Ember (he calls her Emmer).

To top off the day we had a nice quiet dinner at home. It was a perfect day.