Our Fourth of July

Our holiday weekend was packed full of fun. We are lucky that Jason works a job now that gives him holidays and weekends off. 

On the night of the 3rd, we watched South Salt Lake's fireworks from our front yard because they were only a block away. It was so nice to go outside 5 minutes before, and then go straight to bed afterwards. 

The next morning we headed down the street for the city "parade." (I use the term parade loosely because it was lame, and literally cars driving down the street.) The best part was that it was so close and Marlene loved it anyway, even though she's too young for all the candy they toss out. We also enjoyed a very American breakfast of hot dogs and 
donuts from 7-eleven. 

After the parade we headed home, Marley took a nap, and then we drove down to Cedar Hills. Once we were there we enjoyed spending the day with Jason's family. We barbequed, played games outside, and Marley had a BLAST on the trampoline. 

After we wore Marley out, she crashed hard down in the basement and we went to shoot off our fireworks. Jason's dad bought a huge pack at Costco, so we had lots of fun! And we could see fireworks going off all around the valley too. 

  We had a great day with family, and I'm so grateful for the opportunity to 
celebrate our great country.