The 4th!

This year was another fun 4th of July! Carter ended up riding on the Football float and throwing candy which he thought was pretty cool! Chad took off early to run in the Freedom Run before the parade!  

 So after a yummy patriotic breakfast me and the girls headed to the finish line to find a spot for the parade. IT. WAS. HOT.

 And there he is! This was his first race and I was so proud of him for doing it! He averaged about 10 min miles which I thought was incredible!

 The Eash's came and joined us for the parade.

 There is Carter with his football float! He thought he was very cool!

 And so did I in my new patriotic shirt!

 After a relaxing afternoon, (Chad actually ended up going into work for the afternoon) we did a BBQ at our house with some friends before heading over to the Annual Unsworth Party! We had goodies and the kids played while the adults chatted until dark.

 About dusk, all the big boys started getting the fireworks ready.

 Here's me and my girls! Love them and this annual party!

 And the little girls getting ready for some fireworks!

 The littlest lady found a comfy (and tasty) spot on Jacks lap and sat there quite contently for a while!

 Here they go! Of course Shelia is in on the action!

 Ry ry's face for most of the fireworks. She didn't complain, but I don't think she loved them either.

 Bri LOVED them and was so excited when she could HOLD a firework.

 Here's mine for posterity.

 Mol wasn't so sure so she stuck with the poppers for a while but eventually tried one

 Ry even did one and loved it!

 And here's Mol with her nervous face on but trying out something new anyway! After one though she didn't want to stop!

 And you know its been a good night when a 2 minute drive home looks like this!

We love our Friends and look forward to this party every year!