4th of July

We had so much fun on the 4th of July this year. When we got into town, we ran into one of our friends from the Fire Department and he told Cody to bring the kids up for the parade and they could ride on the fire truck. When we lived there, Cody was a member of the Fire Department and he loved it. The kids loved riding on the fire trucks and hanging out at the fire station. This was so fun for the kids to be in the parade and have a whole fire truck to themselves. Avery fell asleep halfway through so the parade wasn't that exciting but that was fun for all of them. My brother, Justin, and I ran the 5k together and that was a lot of fun. We'll get Mandy back next year after she has their new little one. :) We went to the park and talked to a lot of our friends and that was fun to catch up a little with so many people all at once. We spent a large part of the day with our family and that was so much fun! Scott & Patti have such a fun family and we had such a great time with them and we got to spend a lot of time with Cody's grandma and grandpa. Avery fell asleep there too....I guess you can see how much we ran while we were there....she was worn out. :) Carson won a fish at the park...Cody gave him a dollar to play this ping pong ball game and he won with the first throw. We ended up bringing that fish home because he couldn't part with it and it is still our little pet.
We have a fun tradition of spending the night of the 4th with my aunt Judy and her family. She makes sloppy joes every year, thanks to Cody, and we all bring something to contribute and then we sit and visit and wait for the fireworks which are right in her backyard. I love my cousins so much....we grew up with them and we don't get the chance to see each other much anymore. This whole CA/UT thing makes it difficult. :) We all look forward to this every year and thanks, Judy for getting us all together! We love you!