Happy 4th!

My wreath that doesn't look all that impressive, but I'm very proud of it. :)

We started the day off with muffins, and the 4th of July parade!

Peter wished he was this guy. Actually he didn't.

Tons and tons of Boy Scouts were carrying this giant flag! It was pretty cool.

A much kinder version of Pop-eye... we think.

These kids reminded me of our neighborhood parades when I was young. We'd decorate our bikes and ride around the block! Oh the memories. :)

Our parade group sans Peter, who is behind the camera.

Piper started to get bored... there was a lot of lag during the parade...

This guy was awesome. He was jammin' playing the organ.

This is the clown version of Fred Flinstone. maybe Fred Flinclown.

There were SO many Shriners... they were clowns, or drove cars around, and all sorts of things. They were everywhere!

Shriners doing wheelies. Never thought you'd hear that, didja?

Piper got so excited when she saw the "baby ponies"

One of the kids in our Sunday school class! There were at least 4 of them in the parade.

Princess Leia and her... wagon.

Storm troopers...

Darth Vader...

And this guy.

Cows!

I believe this was a girl scouts truck... :)

Singing nothing else but... Oklahoma!

Pink Cadillacs. Jealous.

Something you would never see in a parade from back home.

The pom squad of Cheer 4 Christ. They were dancing to Black Eyed Peas. I feel like this is an oxymoron.

Piper chillin' in her new awesome wagon!

This picture is specifically for my dad, who whenever we leave his house says, "Don't eat yellow snow." Peter got some 'lemon' flavored snow. He obviously doesn't take my dad's advice. And the sign in the background is perfect.

This picture cracks me up.

We had excellent seats for fireworks, and though Piper was a little scared of them at first (considering she's sat on my lap and fallen asleep the past 2 years...) she got used to them, and loved pointing out the colors and which ones were sparkly, etc. It was a lot of fun, and I saw a few types of fireworks I'd never seen before! First, there were these ones that basically just exploded in the air... probably a lot like what a bomb would look like. The first time one went off I thought a firework had just misfired, or exploded the wrong way... but nope. There were more after that- And they were loud! I also had never seen the fireworks that left glowing parachutes floating down. I've seen the ones that you can do in the street that have the parachute and army guy... but not the huge fireworks! It was pretty neat, and was a great show!

Happy Independence Day!