Fourth Of July

Every year we have been having people over on the the 4th and this one was no different.  Our usual crowd changed a little bit and we missed those who couldn't make it but we had a great time hanging out!

All the Grandparents were able to be here and the kids were thrilled about that!  That morning we went into Everett and did the parade.  The kids enjoyed that and Alyssa was happy after she started getting candy.  She was happy before that but when it was getting handed out she was a little shy and would get passed over.  There were two older kids by here who kept handing over all of theirs.

We were able to meet up with one of my good friends and her family and Cory's mom came with us too.  The parade was actually pretty long I thought, two hours.  The kids enjoyed it and had fun.  All the kids had a great time and it was a beautiful day to take it all in.

After the parade we headed on home to hang out with the family who had already arrived and start in on the celebration!  We decided to just BBQ brats and do some snack items from Costco.  I made some red, white, and blue chocolate covered strawberries along with a cheesecake.

I think everyone had a great time hanging out all day and just enjoying each other's company.  That evening we moved everything out front and started watching the neighborhood firework show.  It's nice to have other people waste their own money on fireworks and we can benefit from it!  A little after ten the Everett show started and we watched that.  It was a pretty good show and the kids had fun.

Everyone headed back to the hotel afterwards and the kids finally went to bed around eleven thirty.  I have probably said it before but the 4th is starting to be one of my favorite holidays.