Independence Day

Nick had decided he needed a break from Pahrump so off we headed to Cedar City, Utah. Some of my best friends are their and I of course was so excited. Cedar is such a pretty town. It is nice and green and people just seem to be happy and friendly. We were hoping to escape the heat, but that did not quite happen. It was still in the low 90's. We were very excited to spend time with our friends Carrie and Matt and their daughter Kadence. Unfortunately Matt had to work overtime patrolling the mountain so we only got to see him for a moment. We spent Friday night at Carrie's and at about 9:00 set off the first round of fireworks. The girls sat in the back of Nicks SUV acting scared. It was cute. Kasen just wanted to be up close to those fireworks.

Saturday we woke up early and went to the home town 4th of July parade. The kids loved chasing after the candy and seeing the fire trucks and tanks. We wanted to get a head start over to the park for some fun activities so we left the parade a bit early.

Matt was able to join us for the parade so that was nice. At the park they had about 6-8 different bounce houses in which the kids absolutely loved. They also played a fishing game and for a dollar they each got a stuffed animal, a bendy animal and another little toy. It wasn't bad. We then headed over to Applebee's for a nice lunch. Later that evening I took the kids to visit my other good friend Toni and Randy. Our kids love playing together as well. We then headed back to Carrie's and lit more fireworks. At about 10:00 p.m. the city did there big fireworks show. Carrie lives about a mile away and we got blankets, popcorn and drinks and sat in her front yard and watched the big show. It was such a fun weekend and my kids were very sad to leave. I wish I lived closer to my friends and that we could spend a bit more time together.
Thanks Carrie and Matt for entertaining us for the weekend.