4th of July

I think the 4th of July should fall on a Thursday every year! Nick went to work a couple of hours early on Wednesday afternoon, got off at 4pm, and didn't have to go back to work until the following Monday. It was so nice having him home all that time!
 
We started our celebration on the 3rd by going to Kaleena's house and having a BBQ with her family, Nick's parents, and Josh's brother and his wife. Then after we ate we went to the field behind our church and watched the fireworks being shot off at Romney Stadium. (Logan always celebrates on the 3rd).

Nick's mom brought glow sticks for the girls to play with. Shasta thought they were fun, but she wouldn't wear them for very long and she didn't think I should wear them either.

Then the next day Nick's grandma had a 4th of July pot luck BBQ and swimming party. It was a lot of fun. It started at 2pm and it was after 6 before we got home

 They had volleyball set up...

 And yet somehow Nick ended up playing football more.

Shasta and her favorite cousin, Meili!

Then we finished up our weekend long celebration by going to Charlie's (an ice cream shop) and watching The Cruise-in from the window. I was worried we wouldn't be the only ones with that idea, but it seemed like a normal business day. I had never been to The Cruise-in before so I wasn't really sure what to expect. I knew it was a bunch of cars cruising main street, but I expected it to be a little more like a parade. I'm a little surprised people line the streets to watch it because from what I paid attention to it seemed pretty boring! It's just a bunch of cars (old, new, unique), literally cruising main. They weren't throwing candy. There wasn't any music. They weren't driving at parade speed. It was like watching traffic drive by only we watched some of the same cars go up and down several times. Very strange. But we enjoyed our ice cream nonetheless!

Nick even got Shasta Bubblegum Ice Cream. Hope it's okay that she ate the gum like candy because there was way too much to pick out!

 And that sums up our 4th of July weekend celebrations. We had a lot of fun and got to spend a lot of time together as a family. Like I said, the 4th of July needs to fall on a Thursday every year!