4th of July

As many of you know the 4th of July is a big time of year for David & I! We just celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary and absolutely love the 4th of July. Well, this year was different than any other year for us. David is getting ready to deploy very very soon. Therefore, we thought that our little time we had left would be much better spent with our kids. The first time in 27 years that I have not been home in Montana for this weekend! But you know we had a wonderful weekend and really enjoyed hanging out with just our little family. Don't get us wrong we missed everyone back home but there is always next year! We decided to head to Provo, UT for the weekend. We went down on Friday and hung out at a park where they had lots of vendors, food, games, music and fun. The biggest parade in UT was on Saturday morning. We spent the night at a hotel in Orem which is just a few miles north of Provo. In order for us to be able to have a spot to watch the parade, David got up at 2:45 a.m., took a cab down to the parade route and saved us seats. He was lucky to make it there when he did cause the whole parade route was full of people...or stuff saving spots. You had to have at least one person there or the cops would move your stuff. The kids and I arrived just in time for the start at 8:30 a.m. (Takes a little time to get the three of us ready!) The parade was awesome and the spot was perfect! Being a little tired we headed back to the hotel for rest. That night we were given tickets to the Stadium of Fire. It is a huge show they put on at the BYU stadium. They were honoring the military and allowed us to sit down on the field. There were dancers, performers, The Jonas Brothers, Shedaisey and a ceremony that burned a flag. We even got a fly over of F-16's and fabulous FIREWORKS!!! They were unbelievable! The kids did great and we enjoyed our Fourth of JULY! We hope you did too! WE MISS YOU ALL!