happy fourth

hope everyone had a great a holiday!

between friday and saturday we had 3 bbq's and an unknown number of guests stop by. friday for lunch we had some of joe's work friends, friday afternoon and evening (the main event) we had neighboors, friends, mission companions, wives, and relatives come over for more cookin' out, rock band, and fireworks. it was a blast! saturday we attmepted to go to the parade, and as soon as we made our way through traffic and found a spot, and got ready to walk it started pouring. we said 'forget it' and went home. i did NOT want to deal with traffic that day, and ventured out for just a few minutes and was upset after moments of driving (claire was too!). provo is th place to be on the 4th, but i can't stand being stuck in traffic like that. later that day, lindsay wanted to have a few friends over for bbq and swimming. i said 'why not? we've had so many other people over whats a few more' and come they did.

i think i'm done as far as hot dogs and hamburgers go for a while.

there was so much going on i didn't feel like taking pictures. will steal from sister later.

in the midst of it all, claire turned 8 months, and she is a walking terror. my neighbor kept joking today at church that she needed to go to the nursery. she is bigger than some of them, and would seriously take them down i think. we'll keep her for sure, but she is not gonna calm down any time soon.

bytheway- another ambulance had to come take someone from church today. 2nd time in two months. and neither of them were even the old people that make up half the ward! it was kinda surreal seeing men in suits running around the building like that. so greatful they knew what they were doing.