Happy INDEPENDENCE Day!

I had to recreate--sortof--their Independence Day picture from last year's. My boys keep growing up on me! Click HERE to see last years.

We went to the Idaho Falls parade and found the perfect little spot to watch from! Troy is such a fan of parades! He had us laughing pretty hard a few times because of his excitement. He would march in place while bobbing his head when marchers would pass, dance along with the dancers, jump with the jumpers, yell over and over, "throw candy, throw candy…" (this parade has to sneak out the candy since it's not allowed, Troy ended up with a nice little amount!)

This is Brocker's watching the start of the parade!

We had to wait a little bit since we were at the end of the parade so Troy got a little creative on how to hold his flag

This lucky dalmatian received about 10 high-fives from this excited little Troy of ours.

After parading we ate lots of yummy food at Jer's family's little get-together. Lori had me take a few pictures of Jeremy's grandparents and I thought this one was pretty cute of these two love birds.

The boys LOVED the melaeluca fireworks that night and Troy was so worn out he fell asleep just before the grand finale!

And on the Fourth, we had a few fireworks of our own. Brock loved them.

(With a mouth full) As impressed with fireworks as any one-year-old should be!

Troy sneaking in an "Ooooo" between bites.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY - A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED FOR OUR NATION!!!