Our fourth of July consisted of an early morning trek to the hot air balloon launch in Provo, sprinklers, BBQ, and homemade ice cream at Grandma's, and fireworks with the neighbors in our cul-de-sac.
I've lived in Utah County for the majority of my life and have never been to see the hot air balloons in the wee hours of the morning on the 4th. My sister Lyndsey and I thought the kids would love it, and so we decided to do it this year. We woke them up at like 6 in the morning and headed to Provo. By the time we got there they were already all in the sky, but they were still fun to watch. Grant couldn't get over the PIG! A HUGE PIG balloon...it was basically the coolest thing he'd ever seen. We brought breakfast and parked on the grass. After the balloons we walked a couple blocks to University where we watched the parade, well about a half hour of the parade before the kids were too hot and bored and wanted to go home.
I need to upload the video we have of this, Grant and Olive dancing. At the balloon fest there was quite the dance off with these two. Here is Grant showing Olive his new move...the toe tap.
Below, after running through the sprinklers at Grandma's, Grant and Olive found a nice little mud hole to play in. Seriously, those two are always finding trouble.
Lyndsey, Joey, and new baby Pierce enjoying some time on the porch swing.
Here is our attempt at a 4th of July family photo.
Grant was so funny about the "fire" a.k.a. sparklers and wouldn't hold one by himself. When we finally did get him to hold one he just stood there real still, with this weird look on his face and didn't move. I think he was a little confused since his parents were going against everything they had taught him about fire!
And the 4th of July wouldn't be complete without cherry juice stains.
2 comments:
The cherry juice and the mud puddle. Seriously...what is it about 2-year olds and the messes? Love it.
those are such cute pics. olive + grant = disaster. love it.
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