We had a very nice 4th of July this year celebrating the birthday of this wonderful country in which we are so blessed to live.
The best part was that our chairs for the parade were actually in the shade the entire parade for the first time ever.
The girls really enjoyed the parade. Soli's eyes would light up and she would squeal with excitement with everything that marched by.
She didn't even seem to mind that there were 500 tractors in this parade.
It must have been the year of the tractor!
Even with that, it was a good parade.
I bought the girls their cute little 4th of July outfits.
They were so cute, if I do say so myself.
Here they are in their very prime spots, shade and front row.
Vikki, Kev, Mal, and Nic gave Soli and Tiz these water bottle fans which were the best present ever.
They had such a great time keeping cool.
They even squirted their cool mist on some of the parade participants which was much appreciated.
Courtney and Paul joined us for part of the parade.
Here is the happy family enjoying the festivities.
Soli was more than happy to cool of Bumpa's feet, too.
After the parade we came home and had our traditional brats along with various red, white, and blue treats.
Bumpa and Soli worked hard to clean off her little house which had gotten quite dirty and neglected.
We put out the little pool as well as the shower we had purchased at St. Vinny's the day before.
We figured Courtney could just take it camping so she would always have a shower nearby.
The $3.00 we paid for it was such a bargain when we watched all the fun everyone had with that shower.
Alissa and Soli taking a nap or are they?
Paul demonstrated some wonderful jumping skills in the little pool.
Courtney was thrilled when I presented her with hat she wanted so badly for Florida. It is going to be a community hat with all of us having wearing rights.
Oops, not so much of a nap going on here!
Bumpa and I will our sweet little firecrackers waiting for the fireworks.
Sweet Soliana and
Sweet Tizita.
Both looking just too cute.
There was lots of fun in the swing and finally,
the fireworks began!
It was worth the wait except for Soli who was very scared and kept saying, "Loud."
I loved everything about this 4th of July.
Family, friends, fireworks, and fun!
Thanking God tonight for such a wonderful country.
Hoping this wonderful country will find its way back to God before it is too late.
And despite the way our country is acting right now my prayer is:
God bless the U.S.A.
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