Greetings. Blogging in the midst of another travel adventure. We did 15 1/2 hrs of Disneyland today. Both parks. We fast passed and rode rides at a breakneck pace, or I guess as fast as we could. My kids were beat to the curb. They fell asleep shortly after we pulled out of the parking lot. I drank me a brown beverage so I could drive the hour back to my sister's house. I am now winding down from said brown beverage and so I figured I knock another post out to keep up with our chronicles.
Moving along . . .
Ryan and I flew into Las Vegas from San Francisco at 5:30pm on the afternoon of the 4th. My BIL picked us up, we did a quick drive-by the grocery store to pick up a fruit tray and then headed over to my in-laws for a 4th of July family party.
The morning of the 4th of July, my ward had a big breakfast and water games at the Pavillion behind the church near us. Ryan rented a huge water slide for the festivities. I heard it was a big hit and my kids had a lot of fun. (Huge thanks to Lee and Melissa for taking my kids to the shin-dig!)
When we arrived at my in-laws for the family party, we found all the kids in the backyard jumping on the trampoline and having a water balloon fight.
My kidlets didn't even notice our presence. Having too much fun with the cousins I guess. Once everyone was assembled, we had dinner. My in-laws Dave and Jen had us over to their house for some BBQ pulled pork sandwiches, etc.
Following dinner, we did our family celebration for all the July birthdays - in the month of July, we celebrate Jen, the twins, and my niece Alexis' birthdays. My SIL Jo had made an ice cream cake shaped like a dng-dong.
All the birthday girls blew out the candles together.
My one daughter Sydney absolutely does not like chocolate. Ever since she had it on her 1st birthday, she has always disliked it. Being thoughtful of Syd, my SIL Jo got her something the total opposite of chocolate so Sydney didn't feel left out.
After dinner, we had a little bit of time and I needed to go run to Wally World for a couple of last minute things for camp and so the girls did a Walmart run.
After we got back to Jen's house, we packed up our chairs, grabbed some sparklers, and headed over to the next cul-de-sac over for the annual neighborhood show. Before the show, the kids enjoyed playing with some sparklers.
The fireworks show was amazing. One of my inlaws' neighbors makes quite the investment to put on a good show. Everyone in the neighborhood comes to watch.
This show rivals some of the best I've seen and this show is so very close and personal.
These were right above our heads. No zooming required.
Following the show, we said our goodbyes and booked it home where I stayed up all night getting camp stuff together as I had to be up at 5am to get my BIL off to the airport and to get the trucks loaded up for camp.
Even though the 4th felt squeezed in this year, our family had a lot of fun.
Up next . . . Girls' Camp! Adventures
