7.04.19

As always, July 4th was wonderful. We started on the third with some friends and a neighborhood party. Our friends bought some big big fireworks and lit them off with everyone. The kids ran around with friends, the grownups chatted and everyone had a great time.

The next we headed to Inkom for our annual festivities. We missed Grandma and Grandpa Packard, but still enjoyed the Candy Parade.

After the parade we tried for our annual family picture. It did not go so well. Ironically enough, as we were driving to Inkom I was thinking how easy the picture should be because our kids are getting older. Not the case this year. Scott had everyone worked up and the kids were not cooperating. 

All I wanted was one family picture!! 

So I tracked down all the kids, calmed them down and told Scott to stop talking and smile. Ha! We got our family picture and they started liking Scott again!

We spent some time helping Grandma and Grandpa Great around the house while the kids fished with homemade hooks. 

We stopped at my parents on the way home and headed up to the fireworks. They were great and the kids loved them. We payed for parking this year so we could get home quick. The plan was great until we ran into some friends with a dead car battery. We jumped their car and got out later than we would have liked, but it was a great service opportunity to share with the kids. Even though everyone was tired and thirsty, we were able to help someone that really needed it.