4th of July

We had our annual 4th of July rafting trip on Friday. The weather was absolutely beautiful for floating down a river. Miya had a ton fun. She actually went into her own floaty tube pretty much right away until well over half way through the trip. We were very surprised since she doesn't really like to be in the water. I think she just wanted to be like everyone else. Jayden spent the afternoon in her car seat in a raft with me (and the cooler). She decided she didn't want to miss a thing on the river, so she was awake for all but about 20 min of the river trip. Thankfully she was happy the entire afternoon, just looking at the sky and trees. I think Miya's favorite part of the day was riding the 'school bus' to the drop in point. She thinks school buses are the coolest thing and was mesmerized riding inside of one...even though it reeked like B.O. She even started singing 'The Wheels on the Bus'.

At night we went to Overisel's fireworks for the first time. WOW! They were amazing. We will definitely be returning next year. We have never seen such great fireworks. They were even handing out free sparklers and glow-sticks for the kiddos. Uncle Tyler helped her with her first sparkler....who else but the firework king himself! She was very ready for bed when we finally got home. She could hardly keep her eyes open on the five minute drive home. Jayden was so tired from the rafting trip that she fell asleep just before the fireworks started at 10:00 and didn't budge one time throughout the one hour of LOUD fireworks....even the huge earthshaking, bone rattling, heart pounding one at the end. She was very, very, very, very tired! What a trooper.