Independence Day

We had such a fun filled 4th of July this year. It was busy all day long & so much fun being with family & celebrating our country's birthday & our freedom.

We started the day off at the Kaysville Parade.

{Aaron & Meghann}

{Porter loved the parade}

{Porter & Grandpa}

{Ty getting his Porter time :) }

{Karli, Me & Dev}

{Tyler & I}

{Grandma & Priya}

{Micah & Devanee}

{Most of us at the parade}

We all went to my parent's house to spend the rest of the day. Meghann & Aaron had fun with Porter cutting out shapes in watermelon. He loved it!

My Dad filled up a little pool for Porter to have fun playing in with his daddy.

And Micah & Tyler even got in to cool off.

We had so much fun just spending time together!

Tyler & I cooked a couple things dutch oven style. I did most the prep & Tyler did the actual cooking. They turned out so delicious!

While the food was cooking, Porter was wandering around & started heading straight for the dutch ovens - so Tyler ran over to keep him away & in the meantime stepped on a hot coal with his bare foot! OUCH!

Dutch Oven food #1

Cheesy Potatoes

*FYI there are no calories on the 4th of July ;)

We had our traditional homemade vanilla ice cream for dessert.

Along with Dutch Oven food #2

Peach Blueberry Cobbler

We grilled hamburgers, hot dogs & tilapia on the grill. As well as grilled pineapple. And of course yummy watermelon. It was sooo good & even better sharing it with family!

After dinner, we decided to play wiffle ball baseball. With the rule that you could throw the ball at the runner to get them out as well as touch the base.

Not sure if that rule was the best idea because Tyler gave Chase this welt..

And I gave Micah this welt...

When it got dark we sat on the back deck & watched fireworks happening all around us. We could see the fireworks at Davis High, as well as about 5 other areas!

We then set off a bunch of our own fireworks & then started playing around with sparklers...

I got my camera out and decided to make pictures of people drawing things with the sparklers.

It was lots of fun, check out what we got:

{Tyler attempted to write his name. Keep in mind you have to do it backwards}

{I believe this was Micah doing a star}

{This is me writing "Love"}

{Devanee - Peace Sign}

{Karli - Flower}

{Jake & Dev - stick people holding hands}

{My Dad's cool shape}

{Micah's fiery circle}

I always love Independence Day because of how much fun we always have with family & spending quality time together.

I am grateful that we live in this country & have the freedoms we enjoy.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!