Celebrating July 4th with family

I can't think of any better way to celebrate the 4th of July than with family. With my sister Kaye and her family in town we have been blessed to go and do lots of fun things - including celebrating the 4th of July with my family. We headed to Grantsville to enjoy a 'little hometown parade'. 

We started the parade with refreshing Popsicles and American flags for all the kids. The weather was quite warm so the treat was enjoyed by all.

Here is part of our crew: My sister Monica's family, my sister Kaye's family and my mom and dad.

Rob was able to have the day off so Karlee was in heaven, she had so so much fun. Rob also made a lot of noise while the parade came down the road - this helped in getting lots of candy and goodies thrown our way - and all the kids loved this.

Love my family!!!! Happy 4th of July!

After the Grantsville parade we headed to The Benson Grist Mill in Stansbury Park to enjoy a yummy Subway lunch. This place is always such a fun place to go and explore. While my sister Kaye and her husband Jared went back to the house to pack up all their stuff we took a self-guided tour of the area.  

Small group of us at the Mill

My sister Kaye and her family flew out today. It was really sad to see them go, but we have lots of memories that we made while they were here. Karlee loved getting to know her Alaskan cousins. We enjoyed all the time that we spent with them.  Rob and I hope to be able to go to Alaska and see their world soon.

Helping to send Kaye and her cute family home to Alaska!

After lunch everyone went their separate ways: My sister Kaye and her family flew home, my parents started their drive home heading to my brothers home in Spanish Fork, Monica and her family left for their friends BBQ. Our little family had a couple ideas of how we wanted to spend the rest of our 4th of July. But what I came home to after sending off my sister at the airport sorta changed our plans. Rob was asleep on the couch, Karlee soon followed and then I took my turn and so we basically spent the rest of our 4th of July all taking naps on the couch and then to bed early.

Rob, Jared and Matt hit the Erda Drive-In the night before and didn't get home until 3:30am.

Karlee sat down for just a few minutes and ended up crashing out for a couple hours of well needed sleep.