We had such a great 4th this year! Since the girls have recently learned how to ride their bikes well, we decided to try out the kids bike parade that Layton City does before the official parade. I think Lance was a little skeptical about how it would go, but he helped the girls decorate their bikes and the wagon so cutely. The girls were so excited!
I was extremely impressed- Reagan took off and was at the front the whole way. We didn't see her until the end of the parade route. The rest of us hung back a little slower at the back. Daryn was such a trooper and rode her little heart out, completing a good chunk of the route before cutting across the top of a u-shape with Lance to meet Reagan at the end.
Then we found seats to watch the official parade! It was so hot, but Smiths passed out free popsicles so that helped.
The girls were basically only invested in the candy.
After we came home for some naps, we drove up to Park City to spend the rest of the day with Meagan and Grace. We swam at the pool near her house for a bit, then enjoyed these beauties.
We relaxed a little and the girls smashed open a piñata that I made for the occasion!
Then we drove over to Meagan's now-former work, Promontory, for their big celebration. They had tons of fun for the kids and a yummy dinner.
Bouncy houses are always a good time.
And they had some animals! The girls really enjoyed the snakes. I kept my distance.
And they had face painting!
Maddie's first time- she sat very still on my lap to get her tiny firework.
As it started to get dark we skipped the fireworks display and made the long drive home. We caught Layton City's as we were driving past and shot off a few little ones of our own at home before crashing. We didn't feel bad because our friends set off a HUGE nearly 2 hour display the night before in our neighborhood. We sat on their driveway and it literally felt like we were inside the fireworks. We all came home covered in ash and debris. Pretty cool!
We had a few other pre-holiday festivities. We hit up the Oakley Rodeo on Friday night with Meagan and Grace and it was really fun but also pretty cold once the sun went down and we spent most of the night huddling and trying to keep the kids warm.
Monday evening, on the 3rd, we decided on a quick hike before the neighbor's fireworks. We completed it in record time!
We love getting out in nature and blowing things up and celebrating this great county of ours!
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