Fourth of July

I LOVE the 4th of July...I love it even more when we can spend it in Richfield with my family!  This year we decided to start the 4th by participating in the Liberty 5K...I say participate because not to many of us actually ran the whole way but at least we finished and we weren't last!!

 I had decided to take push the boys in the stroller...it was a good idea until we got to the uphill part where it took me, Jamie, and Jessica to push them up.  Then towards the end they started getting antsy and were bugging each other...luckily Andy (who finished the race 18 minutes ahead of me) came back and pushed them until the end!

 Here we are waiting for the parade on our favorite spot right in the middle of Main Street!   

 The Richfield parade is pretty well known for their candy...no one goes home empty handed!  Paxton was pretty excited to get his bag full of Frooties and salt water taffy!! He even managed to snag a few otterpops which was perfect because by the time the parade got over it was HOT!!

 Once Tegan realized that their was food involved he insisted on being let out of the stroller!  He even managed to pick up a little candy stash of his own!

 Usually, after the parade, we go to the park, find a patch of shade, and eat lunch at the various food booths around the park.  This year we decided it would probably be cheaper, easier, and cooler to walk across the street to the Chinese restaurant for lunch.  My mom though that it was pretty unpatriotic to eat Chinese on the 4th of July but it was so so good!

 My other favorite part of the 4th is watching the fireworks with my family while eating homemade ice cream...I look forward to it every year! 

 Tegan and Meilani had already had enough of the celebrations and crashed before the fireworks started.

 Unfortunately because of the wildfires around the state the city decided to launch the fireworks from the watertower instead of up on the mountain so we couldn't see them as well as we usually can.  Luckily we had bought the kids some red, white, and blue glowsticks and those kept them pretty entertained for the rest of the night