Parades, Fireworks and Birthdays

What is wrong with me?  I take my camera everywhere and I never take any pictures, so here I am blogging about stuff I don't have pictures of!!!
The month of July is a great month, It was the month I was born on the 2nd even, this year we are not commemorating though because I turned 40, I didn't want to turn 40 so we're ignoring it, but I love the 4th of July its such a great holiday!!! I am so grateful to be an AMERICAN to live in the greatest country in the world!!
Besides being Independence day, and its also my dad's birthday, my parents came up to celebrate the day with us.  They met us at the parade, then we came home and had a nice BBQ and then that night went to the Melalueca Freedom Fireworks with them and some other friends...I only have pictures of the parade...ugh!!!

Here we are the next night getting ready to light off the fireworks we bought, but again this is the only picture!!

What a dull post...but sometime that's life!!!

24th of July!

The 24th of July in Tremonton is a big deal. That is the city's big celebration day. At the park they have booths and food, and the lion's club breakfast. The city softball and baseball tournaments are that day and then in the evening there is a dance and fireworks. But in the morning there is a parade. Only its not a regular parade it is only for kids. It goes 3 blocks, but thats a lot when your a kid. That was the big excitement every year. We decorated our bikes or wagons, we dressed as pioneers or clowns or just in regular street clothes. I remember feeling so important to be in the parade...it was AWESOME!

This picture is me, my BFF for life Kami, and my sister Wendy in our Pioneer garb!

This picture is of Kami, my sister Wendy on the back of her bike and me in a clown costume. Can you see the balloon and crepe paper?

This picture is so hard to see, we couldn't have been very old but here we are ready for the parade with the two neighbor boys from across the street. I can't remember first names but their last name was Borcherdeen (sp?) Ahhh those were the days!