4th of July Fun!!

The kids really enjoyed their 4th of July this year. It started off with being woken up at 5:30 by the firetrucks. The kids were so excited to see and hear their sirens. We got ready and headed out to the parade. Ridge was completely mesmerized by the fire trucks and Cambree loved all the candy.

After the parade we all headed back to the Allen household for a great pancake breakfast. Pat and Steve then thought up the idea to go the river with everyone. I had never been so was excited to see what this famous river was all about!! The kids loved it. It was really muddy and dirty but they even Cambree was brave enough to enjoy the water. It was so hot by the time we left. Each kid took their turn getting absolutely filthy.

Daisy loved eating all the dirt :)

Ridge was in complete boy heaven sitting next to a body of water in mud, able to throw rocks and mud into the water.

Cambree provided entertainment for her uncles by playing fetch with a bottle in the water. They would proceed to tell her how high to hold the bottle, and of course she would obey. She loved it though. I was surprised and proud at how brave she was with this water.

Do you see all the mud and dirt....

Ecksen loved the mud too. I guess this was his first encounter with mud and like any little boy, was loving every second of it.

Here's all the grandkids that went to the river. We left just in time. My kids were exhausted from an early exciting morning.

Calder and Alston showing off their rippling muscles :)

That night we enjoyed the firework show. We stopped and got taco bell as a last minute dinner and sat and enjoyed the weather and scenery.

I was surprised by how much Ridge loved the fireworks. He kept clapping and saying 'cool' or 'pretty'. This was probably the best year ever for the fireworks. We were literally right under the fireworks. We would have been better set up if we had blankets to lay on. The ashes kept flying into us. Made it more thrilling :). We were so close though that it kind of scared the kids with the sound for a bit. After awhile they got over it and loved every second of it.

It was a fun 4th of July with our kids this year. We ended up not getting home till 10:45 from the show so of course our kids were done but I was so glad we could end off the night that way.