america the beautiful

we had such a great 4th of july. its becoming one of my favorite holidays, always full of lots of family and lots of fun. this year our day was jammed packed with patriotic fun and we loved it!

our ward does a pancake breakfast and bike parade on the morning of the 4th of july and bri was ridiculously excited about it. she could not wait to ride her bike in the parade. we decorated her bike all patriotic on monday night for family home evening because we had family coming to visit, and all week all we heard was bri asking "is it time to ride in the parade now?!"

so excited to have her bike all decorated!

 the morning of the breakfast, we were worried that she was going to be cranky cause the breakfast was at 7 and so we had to wake her up early (she normally sleeps till around 9 or so which her mommy and daddy love!) but we asked if she knew what it was time for and she jumped up in her bed and yelled, "its time for the parade!" she was so happy!

she patiently endured the breakfast portion of the activity while waiting to ride her bike haha.

we love our little patriotic girl!

she did so good and rode more than we have ever seen her!

 she loved riding her bike with all the kids to the "picnic" (patriotic) music haha. but our favorite thing was that she kept wanting to ride all the other kids bikes, scooters, and cars. haha. after all the fuss about wanting to ride her bike in the parade and all we heard was "i ride the princess bike/car/scooter now?" haha it was cracking us up!

they passed out candy and bri loves a good sucker!

she thought it was cool to follow around grandma and cc on their decorated bikes too.

 after the parade we were all pretty tired so we came home to relax. and bri wanted to be as close as possible to snuggle with her daddy while he was sleeping. :) makes my heart melt! she is the sweetest and has been very attached to her daddy lately.

after our rest bri went over to hang out with grandma great for a little bit while everyone went to see the lone ranger. which we all loved! and after we picked up bri we decided that we wanted a delicious hot dog to end our day so we all loaded up in the car and drove over to mesa to get a hot dog from my dads favorite place, ted's hot dogs. some people might think that its crazy to drive 45 minutes for a hot dog, but those people have never had a ted's hot dog haha. 

enjoying our delicious teds! a perfect end to our 4th of july!

 the day totally wore bri out and she fell asleep 5 minutes from home. even after trying the whole way to stay awake so that we could do her "fireworks" (sparklers). we were bummed but she was totally out and didnt even stir when we got her dressed for bed. haha. so bobby and i enjoyed a few sparklers ourselves before going to bed. :)

love that boy!

 our 4th of july fun got to continue the next day too when we went to go see the diamondbacks game and fireworks show the next night. we got there a little late and the stadium was hot and packed but bri still did so good and we were so proud of her! and it was worth the wait because bri loved the fireworks this year!  she kept saying "what a special surprise!" haha and after it was done "that was so awesome!" haha. she is getting funnier and funnier.

eating popcorn with aunt cc

luckily grandma and cc came to help keep her entertained so daddy and grandpa could enjoy the game!

she would stop whatever she was doing and clap and cheer whenever everyone else would haha

she loved the fireworks!

and loved telling daddy what all the colors were!

 we had a great 4th of july this year and loved that we could celebrate and do such fun things with family! we are so grateful that we live in such an amazing country and have the wonderful freedoms that we are blessed with! we feel so lucky when we think about it and grateful for all those that came before us that have made these freedoms possible! 

happy fourth of july!!