So I came back to Idaho to celebrate the 4th with mom and the Washburns. The beginning of the day started as the usual McNichol holiday. LATE FOR EVERYTHING!!! Oh well. That's what makes holidays fun around here. I would like to say that we had a pleasant little picnic at the park followed by a leisurely nap in the shade, but alas NO. Relay Race Time! Could the contestants please pick up their weapon of choice and shovel the food in as fast as possible. Then make your way from the picnic table to your cars and speed to Menan so you don't miss the fantastically slow parade. Now when I say slow I mean 10 minutes in between each float. There even came a point that the last float was so far behind that everyone packed up and made their way to their cars only to be pelted in the back by the remaining candy from the laggers of the parade. But Ethan and Bennett did enjoy the music and candy. Ashlee and I decided that we would enroll Ethan in some Hip Hop lessons. I however decided Bennett would be much more suitable for Lyrical!! Ashlee did forget her camera so I will pick up the slack and show how prepared I was. Ashlee these pictures are for you so you can remember the day.
Ethan and I at the Parade
Jacks being cute as always!
Bennett being not afraid of the horse
Ethan and I at Fireworks!
Ethan discovering Grandma's moon roof
After the parade Ethan wasn't feeling the greatest so we decided to sit in the car for the fireworks. Ethan had fun jumping up through grandma's moon roof roaring at all the people who went past walking to the fireworks. He however did say "Hi" to the missionaries. Ethan liked the fireworks at first and was yelling "Boom," everytime one would go off, but towards the middle he said his ears were hurting and he wanted to go home. So he sat in the car and yelled to Grandma to come on. Grandma however said that we had waited this long we were staying till the bitter end. Tough cookies Ethan, sleep in the car. Typical Grandma fashion. It did however work to our advantage because as soon as the finale was over Grandma leaped into the car and we were off. We managed to beat all traffic and we were home within 30 minutes. YEA for us!!! Hope everyone had a great 4th.
Ethan and I at the Parade
4 comments:
Great posting...you captured our day magnificently! How accurate you were about the speed eating. Thanks for the pics. next time I'll have to break out the video camera and capture the essence of Ethan and his "moves".
I really missed being in Idaho and with all of you for the 4th. Sounds like lots of fun despite the fast pace.
so my blog looks exactly like yours now...almost...woohoo!
Holy cow Ethan is getting so big. Hope your having fun in Utah. Keep in touch.
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