Happy 4th of July!

4th of July Eve...Liz and Lucie comforting Chloe through the fireworks

The crowd at the Shumway's house

Happy Fourth of July!

Waiting for Dad to show up at the park

Found our friends!

Avery LOVED the cotton candy...go figure.

This is Avery's sad face in between cotton candy bites

Going for a ride on the train

Mom shot!

Rimmasch cousins

Nana and Alec

Hangin' at the Sunbowl

Chloe being a groupie for the band

The band, South of Graceland

Waiting for the fireworks!

We had an awesome Fourth of July!  Ronnie had to work for a quite a bit of it, but it still rocked.  He left early to work on the sound for the fireworks (the radio station collaborated with the city for the fireworks) and met up with us later at the park for games and fun.  Luckily we found the Judd's at the park to keep us company and had a great time with them.  Love those guys!  We did face painting, snow cones, train rides, bounce houses and just hung out.  After that we headed to my parents house to have a bbq with the whole fam, minus AJ.  Mmmm...nothing like watermelon and my Mom's potato salad at a summer bbq!  Went shopping with my sil Cami and found some steals at Gap and Old Navy, then rushed off to the Sunbowl.  We got VIP seating and dinner there, since Ronnie works for the Canyon Media and about had our eardrums burst from sitting so close to the loud speakers!  Despite that, it was super fun and the band, South of Graceland, was amazing!  They were very talented and knew how to get the crowd going.  At first they only had little girls rushing the stage, but the high energy got around and they had a good size crowd by the end.  My favorite part was at the end when the lead singer brought our a soldier from each branch of the military and waved the American flag, reminding us all of the sacrifices to keep our freedom.  I cried then and I'm tearing up now as I write it.  I'm so grateful for all who protect our rights and way of life.  When they were done, we got to watch the best fireworks show I have ever seen (aside from Disneyland)!  It lasted twenty minutes long and had a narration and music timed to the fireworks (Ronnie was very proud, since he got to help with it).  Chloe absolutely....HATED it!  She screamed and cried into Ronnie's chest the entire show, and only came up for air when it was over.   She still talks about how much she hates fireworks and how much they scare her.  Avery on the other hand, ate it up.  She was all smiles and wide eyes as they blasted off.  Hahaha, love my silly girls!  We finally made it home around 11:30 and promptly crashed in our beds.  It was a great day with my sweet little family!