Let Freedom Ring

Zoey was so tired we woke up about 5 a.m. and she just fell back asleep right when her daddy placed her on the changing table it was so cute

I think every year Al and I have come to the balloon festival, Alex wants to get a picture with "his" balloon!!



Opening ceramonies of the festival, a couple had gone up there and after the flag had been let go the people underneath held up "will you marry me" letters.  It was so cute we all applauded clapped and whistled (except for us since we don't know how to whistle yet).  It's always so exciting to see proposals you just know that they are one step closer to living their lives!!

4th is always one of my favorite holidays up north.  It's always been a tradition to go to Provo, Utah and spend it having a full weekend of fun, and that's exactly what it was.  We decided to start with the balloon festival.  Ever since I can remember I have seen the balloons and it always signals the beginning of the festivals.  We followed it up by going out for breakfast and was it scrumptous!  The booths are so much fun.  We had Alex's family give a pleasant visit so we all went to this together.  The craft fair is so exciting because it always gives us ideas for new ways of adding fun and decor in our life.  We finally broke down and bought our first barbeque.  It works perfectly for us and we had all of Al's and my family over for this.  Umm who doesn't love barbequed food!!  Alex and I really debated wether or not to go to the stadium of fire this year, we decided against it just because we knew we where going to be so busy this year we just wanted to enjoy the basics.  We found a great spot and had fun playing and chatting it up with family and friends.  Zoey had such a blast, this year was the first year she actually noticed them.  Last year she was just so tiny that she slept right through it all.  She stood in amazement and would point up at them exclaiming "dah dah" over and over again.  They usually last about a half an hour.  Alex hadn't seen fireworks so close up and thought they where really great. I can't wait till he experiences them so close that you can feel the heat and they look like they are falling on you!!  I just love the 4th of july the best part of it was that we spent so much time together with friends and family!!