This 4th of July was pretty low key. We spent the afternoon at my parents house like we do almost every Sunday.
Sterling and Katie came for the weekend. They are living in the Bay Area for the summer while Sterling is doing an internship at Apple and Katie is working on her thesis and doing research at UC Santa Cruz. It was fun to have them here. The kids LOVE Uncle Sterling!

And of course, Jen and Jeff were there with their family. (They live just down the street from my mom.)

We had dinner and my mom made this yummy and oh so cute treat!
I'm loving this cutesy side of her that has been slowly leaking out! My mom is honestly the toughest woman I have ever met. She would have been a great pioneer! She isn't afraid of much and will try just about anything. There isn't much she can't fix and if she can't, it isn't because she didn't try. She is just a get it done kind of person. She loves to backpack and hike and she doesn't need a man to go along to protect her. In fact, when she leaves, I worry that she will get into a physical altercation with the bears out there and I wouldn't be surprised if she won. She once chased a bear about a half mile because it stole her backpack! Seriously. That's just what kind of woman she is.
Before she went to girls camp, I stopped by her house for something and she was making aprons for her certification staff and even ironing on a cute logo! Okay, the the aprons were camouflage and the logo was army print, but still! I love it. Maybe by the end of the summer she will be painting her toenails! :-)
Anyway, back to the 4th...
In the evening, we walked over to Buchanan to watch the fireworks.
I think that Ashlyn is so darn cute!!
My dad, my mom, me, Wes, Sterling and Drew
When I was a kid, we spent every 4th of July in Davis, swimming and barbecuing at my grandparents Country Club. (We just called it "The Club") In the evening, we would go to a huge park in Davis (that I can't remember the name of) to watch the fireworks at night. We would lay on our blankets and "ooh" and "ahh" as the fireworks exploded in the sky.
Sterling and Katie with Brynne and Ashlyn and Drew in the back.

I think that Ashlyn is so darn cute!!
When I was a kid, we spent every 4th of July in Davis, swimming and barbecuing at my grandparents Country Club. (We just called it "The Club") In the evening, we would go to a huge park in Davis (that I can't remember the name of) to watch the fireworks at night. We would lay on our blankets and "ooh" and "ahh" as the fireworks exploded in the sky.
It just wouldn't feel quite right to sit on bleachers in a stadium to watch 4th of July fireworks. So, we found a perfect spot on the grass to spread out our blankets and watch the fireworks right over our heads!

My dad is such a good sport! One of the girls put glow in the dark necklaces on his head. Cute.

See the red tape in background? The fireworks were set up on the other side!
Just look at Ashlyn's long curly hair... Sigh. So sad, but I just might have to cut it all off! She has the craziest knot in her air that I can't get out! I've tried EVERYTHING!!!



We passed the time playing Words with Friends with each other until it got dark. I love that game!
Ashlyn jumped into Jason's lap when the first firework boomed!