4th of July

4th of July

Nicole and Jason were married in the Salt Lake City Temple on July 3rd.  A week before we moved into our new home in Sandy and so it made for a crazy and fun 4th of July! Jamie and Kristi stayed with us with their families for the weekend for some fun family time.  We started Saturday morning with a parade in South Jordan.  I sobbed through the first 10 minutes while they sang the national anthem and had the guards carry the flag.  Reece thought I was weird for crying so hard.  I explained to him and Benson how fortunate we are to live in the USA and how blessed we are to have the freedoms we enjoy.  I hope they realize how blessed and special our country is.  

After the parade we came home and the kids played with flashlights in the basement while the guys got a genius idea to put a ceiling fan in our living room.  It was supposed to be a 10 minute job-- but it ended up taking 3 hours!! Thanks to Matt and all his hard work we now enjoy a much cooler living room!! The kids ended up playing outside on the tramp with a sprinkler under it. Then we had a BBQ and played for a bit while we waited for the sun to go down.

Reece and Spencer were the pyro's in charge of the fireworks.  Reece told Spencer that there were 3 awesome days during the year: Christmas, his birthday, and the 4th of July!  We parked our chairs in the middle of the street and enjoyed a sweet firework show by some neighbors while lighting our own little.  It was a magical night with the family!