July 4th Weekend

July 4th weekend was jammed packed but fun!  On Friday night small group camped out at the VanHorns.  It did rain pretty bad for a while but cleared up for fireworks, sparklers, and sleeping in tents in their backyard!  I forgot my camera at home but Jen had me take some pictures with hers. Including a heart shaped with sparklers around her and Kyle! ha ha.

Saturday morning Jen made us a big breakfast and we packed up and headed home.  We had very tired boys and Josh napped at like 10:30!  We cleaned up the house and waited for Dad Witt and Susie to arrive from Green Mountain Falls. They were hiking in Estes Park for a long weekend but came down to hike with Nicole and Cactus and then have lunch with us at Louie's.   We drove the Jeep over to Louie's (Aunt Susie and I in the Rav4) and got a killer deal!  $5 pizza and 30 cents for breadsticks!  30 cents for a soda too.  Apparently they were celebrating 30 years of being in business until 2pm that day.   Then we went back home and said our goodbyes...only after the boys wanted to show Aunt Susie their bike riding abilities.   Josh is showing off that he can lift up his bike here!


They had to run back up to Green Mountain falls for a few forgotten items before going back to Estes Park...so Dad was in a hurry!  See you later! Have fun!


Josh didn't want them to go.


That night we went over to Jim and Karla's for hamburgers, hot dogs, pea salad and some yummy veggies (that she said were far from healthy!) and an AMAZING dessert trifle!   Then as it got dark Karla pulled out tons of fireworks that she had in her basement from her son Marcus!  They struggled at first because it was really windy.  They put up a board and a box to shield the wind and everything.


Success!


Sparkler time!




Karla lighting colored smoke things.












Josh was hesitant at first...and then couldn't be stopped!




These huge sparklers were awesome.












Jim may or may not have started pulling out fireworks that were not permitted :)

I have videos I'll have to get Matt to put up!

On Sunday we took a bike ride at Cottonwood Creek Park.

















Nathan did really good riding all the way back on the opposite side of the creek that is a dirt trail. We're so glad that Josh is still content in the trailer so we can take real bike rides.  Nathan will need a larger bike soon.  He's asking for one for his birthday...so we'll see!

Somersaulting down the grass hill.












Josh just stood there like this! ha ha!









Fun weekend with family and friends.