24th of July

Jared had the 24th off so it was fun to spend the day with him. We went to the parade that morning.

I LOVE the old firetrucks. Crue did a lot better with the firetrucks at this parade. I think he could see them coming and we acted all excited before they got close and really loud.

Kyle would run out with Crue and help him get candy when they were throwing it.

On the way back to the parking garage we passed a splash pad (not anything like the ones in St. George or the Mesa area in AZ) so I let Crue go have some fun. I swear he would live in water if we let him!

Cooper enjoyed the parade.

That night we went to Tyson and Rachael's house for a BBQ and then some fireworks. Crue burned himself with a sparkler but he was so good about it. He didn't cry at all. I only knew about it because Loni told me (she had been with him while Jared was lighting off the bigger fireworks and I had moved to the garage so it wasn't so loud for Cooper) and you can see where he burned himself. It was a fun party. We had a great time!

Jared got this pit bike for free and he's had a lot of fun with it. Lately Crue has been scared of it. He would scream and cry every time Jared started it up or we tried to put him on it. The funny thing is Crue likes riding the Magna. We figured it must be because the pit bike is loud. One day he decided he wanted to ride it and now he likes to ride it every time he sees it. This was the first time he rode it with Jared (or one of the first times). They're in Tyson and Rachael's back yard. It's funny because when Jared takes him for rides on either the pit bike or the Magna Crue reaches up and grabs Jared's shirt by his armpits to hang out (you can see it in the bottom picture).