Weekend Fun

We had a great 4th of July weekend. We decided to stick around this year since we are going to be up north later this month, and it was actually really nice to just be able to enjoy the holiday with our own little family. Of course we miss all our extended fam and all the exciting get togethers up there, but we enjoyed not having to spend half the weekend in the car, and all the annoyances of traveling on the holidays. We went up to Zions on Friday (I'll post some pics later) and then Saturday morning we got up and headed over to the park for the celebrations there. I have to say, Fillmore's definitely got one thing over St. George...the 4th of July. It was fun though. Then we headed to our friends for some Cafe Rio takeout and visiting. Breah loved playing with Emma and Ty, even though (or probably more accurately because) they are a little older (3 & 6), but was exhausted when we left and slept right up til dinner with the Healy's. Here we are at the park earlier in the day--Breah was just as happy on the slide as the big kids were on all the blow up toys, and the slide was free!

Brandon and I were talking about how we've kind of come full circle when it comes to firework excitement. I remember as a kid it was like the most exciting thing all summer (except when the neighbor uses your most favoritest blanket to beat out a fire caused by one. That, I dare say, kind of scars a young girl for life). But then as you get older, it's just another fireworks show. I mean, yeah, they're cool and all, but if you happen to be in a city where they save their fireworks for another day no one really thinks twice about it (sorry you AF folks...that is still strange to me...). But then, we have kids of our own and it's like the whole cycle starts again. We kept Breah up for the fireworks, a little afraid that she would be tired and grumpy, but we are so glad we did it. I think that was by far the most memorable fireworks show I'd been to in a long time, just because it was so fun watching her reaction. I really thought they would scare her, but as soon as they started, she sat there as still as we've ever seen her, in awe of the whole situation. She would ooo and wooo, and oh wow. And then she'd turn to Brandon and say, "Wook, Daa!" over and over again. It was the cutest thing, and she didn't stop talking about them all day today. At first I couldn't figure out what she was saying, but when she starting pointing to the sky saying "wooo", I figured it out. She calls them kaka kakakas...I know, I know, how did I not get that? And they say "boooom" and we say "wooo". (I don't know how I always make my text into a link, there's really nothing there, but I don't know how to undo it without retyping the whole thing...)
Here we are, all dresse in our red and white and blue, claiming our spot of grass for the celebration. Breah was so delirious she would run and jump on Brandon over and over, then run and jump on a pillow and say "night night" and jump up again. We secretly like keeping her up late at night on occasion cuz she is so much fun. Not that she's not fun the rest of the day too, but anytime past 7:00 she's a different person. Sometimes it's really hard to put her down cuz she's being so cute, but then we end up paying for it the next day. But, in her defense she was actually a lot better than I thought she would be today, with the exception of sacrament meeting

Mom & Breah "wook"ing at the pretty stars

Breah and Dad watching the "kaka kakakas" go "booom"

Breah made that cute little sparkler at story time last week, she loves it. Also pictured, mom tickling, Breah pretending to sleep, and jumping into dads arms.