Fourth of July Happenings

Our 4th of July was a little unique this year because we had a missionary in the house! Luckily, they gave Nicky’s district a P-Day for the 4th so he was able to spend some time with us celebrating the holiday. 

We started out early at our ward breakfast. Scotty and Daisy went to the stake center park at 6:30 am to help set up. Nicky went over around 7:00, and the rest of us went at 8:00. We enjoyed our time with friends and neighbors. Nicky was thrilled to get out of the house and socialize. He and Cam are the cutest missionaries.

After the ward breakfast, we had our traditional  neighborhood parade. We were boring this year and didn’t decorate our bikes or do anything other than show up. The kids walked the route while Scotty and I went and watched from the old elementary school. 

I didn’t even get any photos, but luckily my friend Sara sent me this one:

The parade ends at the local park where everyone meets up for carnival games and treats. 

After that we all needed a reset so we went home for a while and some of us napped. We wanted to go out and do something, especially since Nicky is so stir crazy from home MTC, so Scotty had the idea to go to the Bingham Copepr Kine. We’ve been trying to go forever but just hadn’t made it work. Scotty was able to book us some tickets for 1:30.

We drove to the line and took the shuttle to the viewing area. Last time we went was when Nicky was about three years old. 

One of our kids did not want to be there.

But I won’t say who. 

Other than ONE child, everyone enjoyed the experience and thought it was pretty cool (and honestly, that one child probably thought it was cool, too, but she can’t say so).

I’m the evening we went to my mom’s house and had dinner, played games, and watched fireworks. The kids like to ride around her curled sac on scooters while the fireworks are going off all around us. 

It was a good (but long) day, and it was fun to share it with a missionary!