Red, White and Blue... Tutus!

Yesterday was the 4th of July! It was a fun filled day! Let me tell you about it!

Around 11am when I had just gotten out of the shower my mom called and wanted to know if we all wanted to go to the 4th of July parade in Eatonville (where I was born and where my mom grew up). It takes about 45 mins to get there from our house and it started at 12 and they wanted to leave in 10 mins.... Um... Okay! So we rushed to get the girls up, and put them in their awesome red, white and blue tutus I made and adorable matching shirts the my friend got them. I did my hair and took my make up to go. We didn't end up leaving until like 11:40 or something... oops. We ended up in Eatonville around 12:20 ish and caught the last 15-20 mins of the parade. The girls enjoyed it! Brooklyn just stared and Natalie plugged her ears when the big trucks went by and honked, but I think she liked it. Natalie wasn't so sure about all the people passing out candy to her... lol. Good girl! ;) My grandparents still live in Eatonville so we got to stop by their house and see them and my uncle and aunt and some cousins. Which is where we took this great picture with Mt. Rainier in the background!

Natalie (2yrs. 9 mos.), Ryan, me and Brooklyn (9 mos.)

Then we headed home off to some more bbqs and friends houses! We took a quick stop at a house my dad has listed on a beautiful lake and dreamed for a few mins... then woke up. Back to reality and on the road again...

Natalie all smiles

And my view of Brooklyn playing with her feet...

Got home, changed a diaper and headed off  to our friends house for a bbq! Oh ya, not before Natalie peed her shorts and we had to take her outside and hose her off... lol. It was almost 80 degrees out, so she enjoyed it! Grilled some steak, burgers and some smoked salmon(I don't like sea food, but this is really fresh, smoked and marinated, and I actually kinda liked it!) Lit off some little fireworks that Natalie liked for a few mins...

Then said "All done, fireworks!" and plugged her ears. :) Then, we headed home. Ryan had get up for work at 4 this morning. So no late night for us! :)

All in all, it was a fun, full day! I was a happy girl! And am very blessed to have such an amazing family and friends! I hope your 4th was just as great as mine and you all stayed safe! :)