I haven’t blogged in forever. So here’s a surprise post out of nowhere! For the 4th of July yesterday, we went swimming in the morning at a peaceful pool in the Provo Riverbottoms area where my old roommate Chandice & family were staying. Gorgeous and relaxing… Until the end, when Charlotte had a major meltdown because her floaties weren’t turned the exact way that she wanted them…
Then we relaxed at home in the afternoon (made all the kids nap in their rooms for a little bit. The older two NEVER nap, but that was the only way we were going to let them stay up late for fireworks). We didn’t have family in town so we joined up with the family of our neighbors across the street (Preston & Shawnee). A fun little Utah gathering with tons of good food and fireworks.
All our kids enjoyed the show, including Caroline! Pace and I are so cheap sometimes… I was glad the others in the bunch had bought a bunch fireworks since I’d only spent $6 on some sparklers, Snakes, and Pop-Its.
We were the first ones to leave at about 9:30pm. We got to watch beautiful fireworks lighting the sky all the way home as we drove down I-15 (Caroline would shout, “Irework!”). The kids were quite exhausted last night and today, and Charlotte had another meltdown for an hour until finally falling asleep at 11:15!! Their usual bedtime is 8pm and I think it’s really hard for our kids to adjust to anything else! But it was so fun and we were glad to be in great company as usual.
Pace and Chase raced around on these little contraptions. So funny.
