Happy 4th of July!

Our 4th of July weekend was awesome! Early on the morning of the 4th, we hopped in the truck and headed 3 hours north to Heber, AZ. For the first time ever in our lives, we arrived EARLY! We set up our chairs on the side of the road and waited for the parade to start. The kids LOVED the parade...with all the floats carrying water gun spraying people! Mason's favorite was the fire trucks...oh, and the candy too! I can't wait to take them to my hometown Mascoutah's Homecoming parade in a couple years!

After the parade, we drove around in the beautiful pines *with our windows DOWN*...the kids had fallen asleep and we were thanking God for every minute of shut-eye they could sneak in. We knew Mason would never make it thru the long day of festivties without a little snoozer.

We hung out at our friends' cabins for the afternoon where there were tons of kids for Hannah and Mason to play with. And at sundown, we all drove down to the highschool to watch the INCREDIBLE fireworks! There were also food vendors (kettle corn, YUM), a DJ, and a big blow up slide that we couldn't keep the kids off of!

The next morning, we headed back to the melting Valley of the Sun...but we made a quick pit stop first. My mom happened to be camping with her hubby very near where we had spent our weekend, so we crashed their campsite for a couple hours. It was a nice visit...and my kids ate her out of house and home, as usual!

It's always nice to be back to your home...but we sure enjoyed the 80 degree daytime temps of Heber...instead of the ones reaching 110 in the valley!