We got up early and went to the Murray parade. I love going to the parade, but this year was a little different. I still loved it, but my grandpa that passed away in December always made the parade for me. Not having him there was hard! I am so glad that I had last year with him. Him and my grandma came with Jason and myself to the parade last year and that is a great memory!
This is a picture of last year's parade with my Grandpa Earl. He had the loudest clap ever!!!
The boys waiting for the 2012 parade to begin. They did really good!
Both boys loved the floats and waving to the pretty girls. Little flirts!
Some people handed out flags and they enjoyed waving them.
Happy Independence Day!
Daddy and Alex looking at the motorcycle cops down the street.
One of the entries in the parade was about the new spiderman movie. The lady in the truck spotted the boys, grabbed 2 hats, jumped off the truck and gave them directly to Alex and DJ. They are very lucky to be spotted out of a giant crowd of kids and be the only ones around to get a hat.
After the parade we went to Seven Peak, along with half the valley! It was crowded, but we still had fun! It was nice to have some other people there too: Kurt, Shai, and Grandpa E. We played in the pools and went on a couple of slides.
When we got home later we had a stash of fireworks. So we put of a small firework show for the boys. We started out with some poppers and then got into stuff you actually lights. DJ's favorite was the smoke bombs! Alex just liked it all!
Alex watching the fireworks. I couldn't get him to look away.
DJ on the other hand, was scared of almost all of them. I had to coax him into watching them. He likes the big fireworks in the sky, but not close up. We decided since it has been such a dry year to only do ground fireworks. Right after we were done with the fireworks the boys went in and fell asleep quickly.
We had a really busy, but fun day!
We are so grateful to live in America!
It is nice when Jason gets a day off of work and we can spend some time with him all day and night.
The boys waiting for the 2012 parade to begin. They did really good!
Both boys loved the floats and waving to the pretty girls. Little flirts!
Happy Independence Day!
Daddy and Alex looking at the motorcycle cops down the street.
After the parade we went to Seven Peak, along with half the valley! It was crowded, but we still had fun! It was nice to have some other people there too: Kurt, Shai, and Grandpa E. We played in the pools and went on a couple of slides.
When we got home later we had a stash of fireworks. So we put of a small firework show for the boys. We started out with some poppers and then got into stuff you actually lights. DJ's favorite was the smoke bombs! Alex just liked it all!
DJ on the other hand, was scared of almost all of them. I had to coax him into watching them. He likes the big fireworks in the sky, but not close up. We decided since it has been such a dry year to only do ground fireworks. Right after we were done with the fireworks the boys went in and fell asleep quickly. 
We have so many people that love us!
We stopped a couple of times because the four-wheeler was acting funny, so the boys got to get off and play. DJ fell in the mud and we chased a grasshopper.
We took the one of the four-wheelers back early because it just wasn't running right. All the boys except DJ loaded on one wheeler and drove back to the truck.
Shai, DJ, and myself stayed back and played around in the mountain. DJ of course found 2 sticks and played the drums for us.
Here are some fun pictures of the day.
Alex found himself in Daddy's glasses.
We had tons of great food, Alex's favorite were the Cheetos!
We went outside and cooked up marshmallows. DJ really enjoyed his first S'More!
and we spent some time looking for bugs.
I can't say how grateful I am for my two amazing boys! They are the best things that have happened to me. I am forever thankful for the people that chose me to be their mom!