the 4th

What a fun holiday we had. I'm all about a reason for a party and good food. My parents came up here this year to celebrate with us.

On the morning of the 4th we had our ward pancake breakfast, and the food this year was better than ever! The kids got to be in the parade, but Sadie wasn't happy about it (duh).

After naps we hit Parkmont pool for a couple hours and then had a yummy dinner. (Why do I only have one picture? Wrong computer. I guess I am glad it's this picture - isn't it amazing?)

My mom got Tanner to nap after dinner (!!) so he could go to fireworks with us, and Sadie stayed home and slept while my dad happily stayed home to "baby-sit."

The fireworks were great; we were far enough away to still see everything but to avoid the traffic and the loud booms. The best part was watching the fireworks in the neighborhood right by us, and then watching the police helicopter come and bust those fun/awesome people with its spotlight and sirens.

On Saturday we had to decide between hiking/exploring the redwoods and hitting the tidepools. We decided on the tidepools and were so glad, but bummed to find out that starfish right now (at least here) have a disease so there were none to be found. After walking to the other side of the hill we happened to run into Spencer's cousin Dan and his family. Until recently they lived here but it made it way more random that they live in Provo now! It was a crazy, fun coincidence. We explored more tidepools with them before heading home.

Fun weekend!