Celebrating Independence Day!

We are very "routine" in our family!  So no surprise that this year we celebrated our 4th of July the same as we have for the past 5 years.  After the triathlon, we headed to Uncle Cole & Aunt Melanie's house.  We gathered up our picnic goods and headed down to the park in their neighborhood with our floats.  This year, we were very excited because Hazen got to be in the parade too.  This was going to be Harper's first year to ride her bike in the parade, but we didn't have time to repair it...so she rode her scooter!  The parade was a blast.  Owen drove and waved at "all" of the spectators and Hazen had a blast riding and eating his puffs!  They were so cute that they won FIRST PLACE parade entry!

The luck continued at the cake walk.  Harper was the first winner, which meant she got to choose the first cake from the cake decorating contest.  She picked the cake from the same lady that she did last year.  This cake was huge and beautiful!  The lady couldn't believe that Harper had gotten her cake again and she was so excited!  We shared cake for days after that. 

We settled down for a great picnic lunch and enjoyed the cooler temperatures and fun with family!  Sad part is Mel & Cole are moving away from this neighborhood and we won't be able to celebrate here anymore.  But at least we had the chance to create our memories over the past five years!