July 4

I am slowly trying to catch up on this summer and everything that has happened. For the 4th we went down to a city that has a really big celebration. We took the girls to their first parade. They thought it was pretty neat. Especially the horsies and the candy too. They didn't think they could get enough candy and it was fun to watch Little Nellie run out and pick up her candy and put it in her bag. After the parade, we went to the rest of the festivities, they had shows and food, a special kid zone a petting zoo and a carnival.

Nellie holding her bag and her flag. She may not look like it but she really enjoyed it.

It felt pretty hot sitting in the sun so it was nice when they threw out Popsicles.

We were going to go on some carnival rides but the girlies wanted to spend their money on riding the ponies. Normally I would think it is way overpriced, but the girls love it so much that it is worth it.
There were a lot of activities for kids there, there was a bounce house, face-painting this treasure hunt, and they even could pet stingrays. Although they chickened out and wouldn't actually touch them.

Nellie loved feeding the animals. She absolutely LOVES animals. If she sees even a picture of an animal she has to hug it and say "Ohhh."

Later that evening we went over to Tipton. Kevy's sisters were in town, it was fun we had a good dinner and then we all went and watched the fireworks. The kids loved them, and we all did too. We will never be able to enjoy the fireworks in Utah again because Kansas fireworks are awesome. That is probably the only thing I can think of that is better in Kansas.

All the kids riding over on the trailer. They thought it was pretty cool.

Nellie loved her pops or snaps or whatever you call them. The funny thing was she couldn't make them pop when she threw them so she had to step on them and it was hilarious because she would try really hard to step on it and miss it most of the time.

Little Nellie was so cute she just sat there really quietly and watched the fireworks, but I could tell how much she loved them.
Lizzy loved her sparkler. She hadn't done on in a couple of years, so it was like the first time and she really enjoyed it.