Proud to be an aMeRiCaN!

So, our 4th of July holiday was low key, relaxing, and full of family time! Aaron had Thursday and Friday off work this year, so we got him for an entire four day weekend. We got back from Logan on Wednesday night and Jackson had caught himself a little bug. He was still battling on Thursday, so we decided to stay close to home. By the evening he was a little better and ready to get out of the house. We decided to take the kids to the Olive Garden for dinner and enjoy a night of no dishes (which was more for Mom than anyone:) On Friday we some time over at Mom and Dad's visiting with them, Uncle Mike, Aunt Ricki, Shawn & Allyson. We didn't stay for the BBQ and headed down to Provo instead for our annual Stadium of Fire firework show. No, we don't go inside, we watch from a hill outside. The price is nice and the family time on the lawn with KFC is far better! When we arrived we found out that our friends, the Perez family, had tickets to watch the show but they were short two. So, we got the pleasure of having Estuardo and his brother share our spot with us. Thanks for hanging with us guys! Old maid and go fish were awesome! The kids loved it. Saturday we spent the day at the pool letting the kids work off energy galore! I think they are fish living in a child's body. They SO love the water! Johnny learned how to manage the green slide all on his own without any help from Mom or Dad! That was a big accomplishment for him. Jackson, on the other hand, is content to swim in "the deep" as he calls it, all by himself. For not giving either of our boys lessons they sure are pros when it comes to water. So, that was the extent of the weekend. Nice and relaxing! It's unfortunate that Monday's tend to always roll around eventually. At any rate, we were grateful to not only have time together as a family, but to celebrate the freedom that our country has. We feel so blessed to know that we are citizens of the USA and can live freely in everything that we choose. We should never take it for granted!