Saturday, September 17, 2011

fourth of july

i just love the fourth of july, and i especially love celebrating it here in wisconsin.  the whole day is jam-packed with fun activities.

we always start off the day with a parade, as most people do.  i love that this parade has a nice home town feeling to it.
i think tan the man was tired before the parade even started.  he was zonked by the end of the parade.







the little girlies at the parade.  they all sat together up front waiting for people to throw candy at them.  whatever their strategy, it worked.  they all went home with a bag full of candy.


this is the group we have watched the parade with every year (plus or minus some).  the schows and jacobsons have been so nice every year to save room on their front lawn so everyone can join them.  it is the perfect spot to watch the parade.


after the parade we hopped on over to the annual ward fourth of july party.  there was delicious food, swimming and good friends.  we stayed a while this year and completely wore out our children. 

of course there were also water activities, one of them being a huge water slide.  tyler pushed tanner down the slide as hard as he could.  although it's hard to tell in these pictures, tanner loved it.




after the party we headed home where both of our kids slept for three hours.  it was a nice break fora ll of us.   then of course we ended our day by going to fireworks with friends.

the men.  we're always making them pose for pictures.


the women.  we rarely get pictures together, so we finally made it happen.


it was such a great day!

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