Wednesday, July 04, 2012

4th of July

 Today we have more than one reason to celebrate!  First because we live in this amazing country that gives us not only the freedom to dream, but live out those dreams if we so choose.....  and Second,  because Grandma came to town! 

 Photo shoots have become nothing short of difficult, the more eyes and smiles you add....  the more difficult it is to capture them at the same time!  But we gave it our best shot and here are a handfull of our favorites!

 I Love this one!

 Such cuties they all are! 

 It amazes me every day how quickly they are growing!


 I guess scrunching your nose when you smile runs in the family....  It has been a while since Taylor has seen my Mom, yet they have almost exact nose scrunches!

 We decided to go to Boise this year for the fireworks, but before we left John and the girls put on a little show of our own in the driveway!

 Then we headed to BSU where John works!  We went to the top of a parking garage and got the VIP treatment since we are officially "The friends or family of Parking and Transportation" or something like that! :)  One of John's co-workers told us the hot spot to sit and even let the girls hop in the back of one of the trucks that belongs to BSU to get an even more elevated view of the show!  Let me tell you, they were THRILLED!

 Freeze pops again!  Family favorite this summer!

 And then Taylor woke up....  She fell asleep on the way to the fireworks since it doesn't get dark until after 10pm here...  At some point she woke up and stayed in the above confused state for a while. :)  Definitely not sure where we were and why the heck we were there!

 This pic just makes me smile :)



 Taylor was digging the glowsticks....  or at least chewing on them...

 We seriously had front row seats at the top of a parking garage!  And absolutely no waiting to get in or out or home!

 Mesmorized

 The girls were so excited they would cheer and squeal at all of the beauty!  It was very sweet at the end as Aspen was yelling....  "Bye bye stars!"  The twins don't remember fireworks from last year and the closest thing Aspen could relate them to were the stars!  Wouldn't that be neat...  If shooting stars looked like fireworks!

 Even Taylor was amazed by the beauty!  Fearless too, none of the booms even made her flinch!

We had a blast! (Hardy... har... har...!) It was SO beautiful, especially from the best seats in town!

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