The 4th of July

The 4th of July is totally one of my favorite holidays. We always have so much fun celebrating the birth of our nation. This year we had a Goates family reunion, although we were missing a lot of people - Jason and Alissa in Hawaii, Reenie on her mission in Spain, and Grandpa and Banana in California.

We met at the church at 8 for the 2nd ward breakfast. We ran into some good friends while we were there. Here is our little family with the family of Kristi, Landon, and Corgan Prisbrey, and the family of Jessica, Jon, Karsten, and Adon Rutherford. It was a lot of fun catching up.

and here is to contrast....

After the breakfast we went to my parent's house. The kids enjoyed a slip n' slide while the adults watched National Treasure 2, then we all enjoyed a BBQ.

After a really yummy lunch we went back to our house for naptime, then headed over to the ball field for the firework show. We always show up around 5 to have a picnic and to get front-row seats. Nanny entertained the kids some toys she brought, and there was face painting too. The firework show was really great.