Fourth of July Weekend

For the 4th of July weekend we decided to head up and see family. We had a lot of things going on. We were throwing a baby shower for my sister and Branden's cousin got married. We were able to hit all the wedding ceremonies and Cara's baby shower went really well. We were able to visit with family and friends that we hadn't seen in a while. The baby shower was an open house and we had a lot of food. It was good to see people and have them come and go as they pleased. Branden's whole family ended up being there for the wedding festivities and so it was nice to spend time with everyone again. It doesn't happen that often. They had a great fireworks show after the family dinner and that was awesome! Of course you can't go a weekend at the Andersons without playing games either so we did a little bit of that too. I've learned I need to take more photos though. I have very few pictures of everything that we did.

My gorgeous sisters!

All the food at the baby shower!Playing games at the Anderson's.

Sunday was our relax day and then Monday was the 4th. Monday morning we were able to go to the Richfield parade with the Andersons and Arnells. We had fun watching the parade, although this year it was more of a driving advertisement. We normally go to my grandma Spencer's for lunch, but she didn't hold it this year so we went to Cara's apartment instead. We hadn't seen it yet. We then went to our friend's house and visited with them for a while. After that we hit our parent's house to say goodbye to everyone and headed home. We were exhausted because the Cowley cousins had a sleep over and didn't go to bed until about 4 am. I was barely able to get up that morning. We made it home in time to make dinner and for Brax and I to watch the Hurricane fireworks. I must say that I do prefer Hurricane's fireworks display to Richfield's. They did start the hill on fire above the water and power company buildings, but put it out quickly. We are blessed to have such wonderful families and friends.

Rhett and Branden
Can't wait for the parade to start!
Whose kid is that climbing on the sign anyway?

They look much better in person!