This Is Us

For the 4th of July weekend we went to Bear Lake. It was so fun! We went to a candy store called Rocket Fizz, got Ice cream from Cold Stone, had a picnic and played at Bear Lake, got dinner from Angie’s, watched fireworks 🎇 from our hotel balcony, watched movies, and had a great drive home. It was a short getaway, but was much needed and helped our family recharge! The kids didn’t care that the water was freezing. They jumped right in and had a blast floating around and swimming!

With the kids' dance they were in a 4th of July parade. They were so cute and did so good. Xander got to ride in the tailer and Brichette walked/danced. It was their last dance "performance" of the season. They are so excited and ready to start dancing again.

We went to Granite to watch their fireworks. They have the best ones. Melissa's camera died, so she only got a couple of pictures of the kids playing with their glow bracelet's , and wasn't able to get any of the fireworks.

It's late, but we wanted to share them anyway. Brichette and Xander are in Melissa's aunt's neighborhood parade every 4th of July. The parade starts by her aunts, and ends at a park that is about a mile away from her house. This year they had games, and face painting. We only got a picture of the kids with their faces painted (wasn't thinking). Then we had a BBQ and fireworks at Melissa's parent's house. Dieter and Colleen joined us for fireworks. On the 24th we went to Melissa's parent's house for a BBQ and fireworks again, but this time Dieter and Colleen joined us for the BBQ but not the fireworks. :) Maren, Eric, and Joey went to a REAL Soccer game, that is why they aren't in any of the pictures. We have done two different slides so you can tell which is the 4th and which is the 24th.