We had a great 4th of July this year. Luckily we have some great friends here who are in the program as well and have kids the same age and Kyle and Jed (our friend) were able to have the day off. We were able to do all the typical fun independence day things but with the kids getting older, they seem to really enjoy it even more. In the morning we went with the Hanks(our friends) to the parade, which in McAllen was basically 100 cars with beauty queens and no one throwing candy. Although the kids were a little disappointed by the lack of sugary sweets, they still loved seeing the princesses (Brighton more than Porter). Then we went to our friend's house for lunch and later we went back into town for a fireworks show at night. They had a good fireworks show, but nothing compares to the Melaleuca show in Idaho Falls. The Hanks are from Idaho so we were able to reminisce about the good old BYU-I days and traditions that go on there. It was a great way to spend an important day and I still get choked up when I hear the national anthem, so remembering our freedoms this day was great.
The actual start of the parade.
Jaxton and Porter admiring the cool cars.
Journee and Brighton enjoyed sitting and watching the beauty queens.
Little Chunk just loved his life because he got held all day by dad.
The boys enjoyed playing some football before the fireworks.
Finally, the show began and all was well with the world.
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