4th of July Festivities

We started the morning off early, leaving our house at about 8:20 A.M to go to the city parade downtown. We went with our new friends and next door neighbors. We had a great time. Kelsey LOVED it. It took some warming up for Mylee, but she eventually got the hang of it and was clapping and waving and having a grand ol' time. We met up with some other friends and went with them after the parade to check out the fair where the supposedly had some great food. The food smelled great, but we didn't end up buying anything and didn't stay long because it was pretty hot. People are BBQ happy out here!! The whole town smelled like BBQ yesterday!! They go all out with the smookers and and everything. Hearlded as some of the best food are their fried turkey legs, yes I said fried. I've heard their fried pies aren't too shabby either.

Just chillin' in my stroller Mom!

Mylee waving
Kelsey enjoying the parade

Me and my girls :)

Kelsey thinking this is SO great!!

Later that evening we went to our neighbor's for a BBQ and had some really yummy steaks and sides. Then around 9:00 P.M. we gathered our girls and went searching for some fireworks. We came to a great little place off the side of the road with some green grass to sit on and enjoyed watching the fireworks. Here in Lubbock, they don't really have any restrictions on fireworks, so people were setting them off EVERYWHERE!! It was great! Who needs to buy fireworks! Mylee wasn't too impressed though. After every load boom she would cry. Eventually she found her way into Dad's arms and covered her ears with his arms and the blanket.

We sat next to this family and shared our glow sticks with them. They were thrilled and Kelsey quickly made some new friends. What's funny is this morning at church we realized they are in our ward!! Ha ha, who knew?