We had a great 4Th of July this year. Throughout past years I'd almost given up on the holiday. But this year went well.

In the morning we got up early and headed to Summerlin to watch the parade. It wasn't nearly as good as it was hyped up to be but we still had fun with the kids and seeing all the other patriotism.

While the kids napped I got my hair dyed. Thanks to Heidi who is back on this side of the country it didn't turn out as crazy as I've had it in the last 4 years. After naps we all headed over to Heidi's sisters house for a pool party and BBQ.

We swam for about an hour and then ate. There was TONS of food. It was a really good time. The kids loved playing in the kiddy area with the water guns. Gabi had the guts to go down the slide... once. Then she realized it wasn't fun going under the water. We had a Great time there and when we'd had enough sun we headed home to get ready for fireworks.

We went to Boulder city and laid out in the grass. The kids had their glow sticks and loved them. This year we remembered to bring the headphones and It was the first in 3 years that I wasn't holding a crying Child. I was actually able to sit there and enjoy them.

Boulder City had a wonderful show as always. Then after we got through traffic and were home we lit some of our own fireworks. That's when the screaming started. Gabi was tired and not in the mood to be 5 feet away from fire. So I put her to bed and we enjoyed the rest of our fireworks with Cyrus. All in all it was a great Holiday!