Fourth of July

And this is what we came home for, to spend Independence Day with our family, in the country we love most!  I think we look forward to this day as much as we do Christmas!

At the Mt. Pleasant Pancake Break-y

Lenny & Sabrina

At the Park

Cousin Becca

Ryan, Joza-B & Leaf, the frog

Ramy & baby Nona

Cousins Zach, Hunter & Thys

Jake & Josie waiting for parade candy

Cute cousin Emmett!

Baby Luke, Vicki & Noni

Parade watching

The fam watching the parade in front of the Big House:  Uncle Ry is making snowcones in the background

Cute baby Noah loved the Otter Pops thrown from the floats

I think the older boys enjoyed the parade the most?

Yep

Mia, Buck & Noni enjoying Becca's snowcones

Ryan and Jake, pre-motion sick

Cousins in the teacups

 And on the Swirly

 Josie drinking her "Big Kahuna"

 Good lookin' boys

Nona & Jake

 They had fun riding down the lane at Cedar Crest in wagons with Buck & Alex

 Buck and Uncle Alex "having fun" pulling them back up!

 We pitted cherries and made some beautiful pies together

Too much  

 fun?

 I think fireworks were banned due to many forest fires...but Ry lit off some "little ones" with the little ones!

 

Fourth of July Highlights:  Breakfast and carnival in the park,  taking old fashioned photos at the carnival, lovin' the fun parade through Main Street (and watching the kids collect bags full of candy and popsicles), eating snowcones while parade watching, and hanging out at Cedar Crest with everyone.  The best part, of course, was sharing it with Marni, Ryan, Amy, Lindsey, Vicki and their families...and Buck and Noni.  Oh yeah...and Noni rode the ride of rides at the carnival with Trooper and lived to tell us all about it.  Go, Noni!