4th of July

This year the 4th of July was on a Sunday. Since we live in Utah and the state basically closes down on Sunday, the 4th was celebrated on Friday, Saturday, and Monday. It made for a really long holiday weekend with a lot of activities.

On Friday we went to the Owlz game with Holly, Ryan, Dillon, Connor, and Mikkele brought her friend Shelby. We have gone to this game with Holly and Ryan quite a few times around the 4th. It's kind of our tradition. We like to go to the game right around the 4th or the 24th because they have fireworks after the game. The Owlz won, which was good. The kids had fun and the adults enjoyed the nice summer evening.

Jeremy and Hallie relaxing watching the game.

The kids (including Aunt Holly) liked to chase down the mascots and take pictures. They have 2 mascots...Hoot and Holly. Our Holly thought it was fun that they shared the same name. They look similar too, don'tcha think? j/k

Connor, Dillon, and Holly

Hallie, Shelby, and Holly

I don't know how we missed a picture with Mikkele and Holly. I think she was the camera man.

Holly got a hold of my phone and snapped some pics. In true Roberts form, I had to make a face when she took my pic.

Connor saying hi to Grant. It got a little chilly once the sun went down. So Grant was all wrapped up in a blanket.

And of course the fireworks after the game. They had a pretty good firework show. The kids enjoyed it. Grant loves the loud sounds they make. I thought Hallie would be scared of them because she doesn't like loud sounds. But surprisingly enough, she was fascinated by them.

Saturday we just hung out here at our house and did our own little BBQ. Jeremy had done a double fatal accident that morning and doesn't do well after those. So we just took it easy the rest of the day. I decided to throw together a little skirt for Hallie for church the next day. It turned out really cute if I do say so myself. :)Sunday we went to church. All of us were sporting a patriotic outfit to show our gratitude to our country. On the way home from church I found a neighbor's yard that had a flag right in the middle of a nicely groomed flowerbed, and just happened to have my camera in the diaper bag. So we snapped a few pics. As I took a couple of them, the wind picked up and so you can see the flag really well. It was awesome.

Not to brag...but I have some dang cute kids!!!

I had Hal model her outfit a little more when we got home. She's not a very cooperative picture taker. She kept walking towards me cause she wanted the camera. But I think you get the picture of how cute she looks in the high quality skirt I made her. ;)

Sunday evening we went over to Jeremy's parents house for dinner. We had a yummy Mexican dinner. I guess Mexican food isn't the most patriotic food, but it was still really good even if it was from the wrong country. LOL. Later in the evening we lit a few fireworks. Hallie wanted to hold a sparkler, but not by the right end. She kept wanting to touch the part that was burning. She's still too young to understand that it will burn her. It was fun watching her explore different activities. She jumped every time there was a loud boom, but always wanted more.

We hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday weekend. We are thankful for those that have fought for our freedom. Especially my Grandpa Jones and my brother Aaron. We are grateful to live in a country where we have so many freedoms.