4th of July!

This year we had the pleasure of visiting Phil's parents in North Dakota for the 4th of July weekend. It was a LOOOOONNNNNGGGGG drive and for a while there I thought we'd never get out of Montana! BUT we did eventually make it. hehe. The kids were SO good and slept the night through. Phil and I were up all night doing the drive so by the time our heads hit the pillow that first night, we were out! Ha!

When we got there Emma was so excited to see Nana and Popo and Austin and Danielle's kids. We all visited and had lunch and then headed to the pool. The kids played their hearts out and even Owen got in the pool and enjoyed the fun! Then we went back and got cleaned up and Popo did bbq hamburgers on the grill. We were enjoying a very traditional 4th.

When the sun went down we went out to light our fireworks and IT WAS CRAZY! Never in all my life have I seen a 4th like that! There are no illegal fireworks since there really is nothing to set on fire! People were setting them off from their roofs and every which way you looked huge fireworks were booming in the sky! It was great! Owen didn't think so. He wanted to hide. Finally he just stayed under his blanky on my lap. This actually saved him from all the mosquito bites everyone else got! Poor Emma had quite a few.  When we ran out of fireworks we could have just sat there for hours more watching everyone elses, but we were all so exhausted! So off to bed we went.

The next day we got to see where Nana and Popo work. We drove around and had lunch and enjoyed seeing where they lived. Then we relaxed and had dinner while we all visited some more.

It was a short visit. We had to leave on Saturday night to get back home. Twas another long drive, but it was worth it for the kids to see where Nana and Popo lived and visit with everyone. It was a super fun 4th of July!