The 4th of July is always a good time. This year the 4th of July fell on a Saturday, which meant that the weekend was full of fun activities. We started off with a baseball game on Thursday night. This was Paige's first baseball game, so I made sure I got a picture to commemorate the occasion.
We decided to go check out some of the Freedom Festival activities. We hadn't ever been to the Colonial Fest before, so we decided to give it a try. However, this year as part of the festivities they had the Candy Bomber from World War II come and drop some candy into a nearby field. So the number of people there to see the famous pilot drop all those candy bars tied to little parachutes was beyond out of control. We knew that the event was happening, but we weren't necessarily there to see it. It was just that we ended up getting to the park right before he was going to fly over. So we decided to join the crowd and to see the candy drop. Here we are waiting, not so patiently, for something to happen.
Here's as picture of the plane they used for the candy drop. It flew by a few times before dropping the candy. The hardest part was that because of the enormous crowd, when he actually dropped the candy we could barely see the tiny parachutes floating above the trees. So for the kids who couldn't really see anything, the event was rather anticlimactic. After the candy was dropped, the crowds thinned out and we were able to enjoy our outing better.
After being in the hot sun for so long, everyone was feeling a little hungry and dehydrated. So we stopped for a little snack break. Ross found a booth that was selling watermelon for a great price so we all enjoyed some juicy watermelon slices. Corbin especially loved eating the watermelon. He had it all over him when he was done!
For the Colonial Fest, they have the park all set up like a small town from colonial times. People are all dressed up like people from colonial times. And you can go to the shops so see how they made things like candles, buckets, yarn, brooms, bread, pots, and other things used during colonial times. There are also people there dressed up like colonial military who do demonstrations with old guns and cannons. I wasn't sure how the kids would do with something like that, but they seemed to enjoy it. Leah especially seemed to really like watching the people do their different crafts. I would like to go back again when we can spend more time in the colonial village.
Fireworks are my favorite part of the 4th of July. So later that night, I took Leah back to the baseball field so that we could watch the fireworks go off after the game. We got there before the game was over and found a spot outside the field that we could sit and wait for them to start. So we played with my phone and took some pictures while we were waiting.
On Saturday (the 4th) we got up early to go over to our ward's pancake breakfast. Because Ross had to help serve breakfast this year, we didn't make it over to the parade. Here's a fun picture of Paige on her first 4th of July. Love that smile!
The rest of our day was really busy and apparently I didn't get any pictures. Next we went to my parents' house for Makynlee's birthday party. And then back down to Ross's mom for dinner and fireworks. The 4th of July is one of Leah's favorite days. She loves all the fun things we cram into one busy day. I hope this year didn't disappoint her! (Although I'm sure that wasn't likely.)
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