Independance Day 2011

We started our 4th of July early with a ward flag ceremony and pancake breakfast. Jared went early with the boys to set up. Jared ended up conducting the Star Spangled Banner for it and got heckled for the shirt he was wearing. I was going to take a pic of him but never did. He was wearing a BYU shirt that had red, white and blue...the red was at the end of the phrase "BYU dominates the U." So that's my patriotic husband, true blue.

Some good friends invited us to go swimming, which made our boys day since we had no concrete plans.

Luke falling in.

The boys had a blast playing and falling backwards in the water.

Taking a ice pop break by the pool. Jared stayed home doing work while Tagg napped.

We had a little neighborhood BBQ and then it was time for the fireworks. We had some good friends that made some trips to Boomtown to load up. Thinking we might have a baby by now, we didn't buy anything this year. Thanks friends for letting us join in!!

They scared Taggy and he went from clinging to Jared to under the blanket on my lap most the night.

These pics aren't so great, but hey it's what you get.

Darin and Luke

The Dads had long sparklers and tried to do a mini fire dance, it was pretty funny. Jared is on the far left.

They had tons of sparklers they passed out to the kiddos.

Tagg mustered up some courage from dad to try a sparkler.

We had a pretty kick back day. Thanks to friends that made this day into something! We had a blast - ha ha pun intended! Happy 4th! Thanks to all those who serve our country so we can have the freedoms that we do!