I love my country and I love celebrating the 4th of July! We are so blessed to live in a place where we enjoy freedom every day.
Per tradition we headed up to the Ann Arbor Independence Day parade. I LOVE parades and I have a secret wish to someday attend Macey's Thanksgiving parade in NYC (if they still do that). Hyrum's favorite part? All the candy that is thrown to him-it was like Halloween all over again but less walking.
Hunter and I enjoying the parade and the free popsicles thrown to us by the Washtenaw Dairy float-yum!
Always my favorite part. They have tons of old-fashioned bikes and the people riding them dress up like Newsies and such. I think it would be so fun to try to ride one (with training wheels of course)
This crazy lady was demonstrating to the crowds how much butterflies love wild flowers.
My next favorite was the Revolutionary war band that played
No AA parade would be complete without a theatrical troupe or two sword fighting
After we enjoyed a fun BBQ, Jeremy took Hyrum on a date to see the fireworks show at a nearby lake. They waited until after 10:30 but they never started the actual show for some safety reasons. But they had a blast anyway eating "chloklate" ice cream, cloud and star gazing and watching some families set off some of their own fireworks. I love it when Hyrum has a date with Daddy bear and so does he. Those two love pulling faces for the camera. Hunter and I enjoyed our evening at home sleeping :) 
4 comments:
Fun parade! Glad to see you eating a popsicle Meg! I love the costumes and the crazy bikes. So glad you're feeling a little better.
I like the awkward butterfly woman. Megan kinda looks nauseated there.
I love parades too. One of my biggest regrets is that when we lived back in PA our first year we were married we had the chance to go to the Macey's Day parade, but thought we were too poor to do it...
Looks like you had fun!
That is too fun that Hyrum went on a date with his daddy. We love to do "alone time" with each of our kids too. I think that it's really good for your relationship with them.
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