4th of July ~ I love it!

4th of July was always one of my favorite holidays growing up. It's because we would get together with ALL of the family, and there would be tons of kids playing and tons of grown up's having fun too. My family lived in Tahoe, so we would always be there, and it was an easy walk to the beach for the fireworks. I have really been trying to figure out something to do with Adelaide so that we have a tradition on this holiday, to keep the fun alive. I wasn't really sure what to do this year, because she is always asleep before dark, so I didn't think she would be up to see fireworks anyway. I was wrong though!

We started the day at the river again. I wanted to show Myles that awesome spot that the girls took me to, so we drove up there. Frances and Ezra met us and we all had fun swimming. I really wanted to get in the falls this time, but didn't want to go without Myles, and one of us needed to be with the baby, so I didn't do it. Maybe next time!!





Here is Adelaide taking a nap. This time we brought her carseat down - it was a great place for her to rest!


This is at the bottom of the falls. You can see it was more crowded down there, but still not bad. What a great place to swim =)


Once we got back to town we went to see some friends. Some of our friends (Billy and Courtney) moved into a new condo in the South Water Front of town. It was a beautiful place, and had PERFECT views of the fireworks! There were two shows going on at once - one up the river, and one down. Adelaide loved the fireworks and really watched them closley for quite a while. I think it would be fun to be right under them, but this was perfect as well. The weather was perfect, and she was awake to see it all(and they didn't even start until 10 pm). It was her first party =) By the time we got home she was pooped out. She didn't even wake up for her diaper change!

Here we are watching the fireworks ~