4th of July

When we headed to Logan for the 4th of July weekend, I had an AGENDA! I had a whole list of things I wanted to do, and we did them - and then some!!! Since pictures definitely speak louder than words, I'll let them do (most of) the talking...

When we got to Logan on Friday afternoon, it was warm and sunny, so we decided to have a little pool party in the backyard. Unfortunately Tessa was happier out of the pool, and Lily preferred watching from the sidelines.

Eventually we did get Lily to dip her toes in. Such a princess...


We had a fun dinner outside that night, where Lily ate probably at least a quarter of a watermelon. She was in heaven!


After the kiddos were in bed that night, we ventured out to find a good spot to watch the fireworks. I'd say we found a winner!


We started the festivities on the 4th bright and early at the annual boyscout breakfast.

(Yeah, that's Becca looking super fabulous in the back - it's ok to hate her....)

Here is evidence of the CLEAN SPARKLING red white and blue outfits - yeah - that didn't last long...

After breakfast we dropped Seuao off in Hyrum to save a spot for us to watch the parade later on. The girls and I headed back to the Farmer's Market.


They weren't super impressed with the market, and we were beginning to tread onto naptime! Bad combo! There was a fun travelling band the paraded through though. So great!


We then headed out to Hyrum for a picnic lunch and to watch the parade.


It was a typical small-town parade with homemade "floats"...


princesses...


marching bands...


lots and lots of candy...


oh, and Irish dancers!


The best part about the parade? (Not even 5 minutes after we were loaded up... SWEET!)



After naps, Papa took us to go see:


It was the first movie Lily went to (to watch), and she loved it!!! She did really really good! Papa might just have a new movie buddy!

When Wow and Tessa picked us up, we had to stop for ice cream...


When we got home, we played in the sprinklers...


with bubbles...


wagon rides...


and we even made sure that on our American Independence Day, we still represent Samoa (note the swiping of Ella's flip-flops...)


We enjoyed another front-yard dinner, where we discovered little Tessa LOVES corn on the cob!


Yeah, don't try to take that away from her!

We had fun with sparklers (with just one minor burn incident...)



When it finally got dark, Seuao and Allen put on a fireworks show for us!


I got to top off the weekend by playing with the USU Alumni Band on Sunday night. That's us standing during The Stars and Stripes Forever.


The fam came to watch too...



What a jam-packed weekend! Seriously, two weeks later I still don't feel recovered, and we're gearing up for it all over again with Pioneer Day just around the corner!

I love summer!