Thursday, July 8, 2010

hooray hoorah we love americahhh

I have always loved the 4th of July. I love that everyone is in a good mood-maybe it's the wholesome family time, the fact that we actually reflect on how blessed we are to be Americans, the nice weather, good food, I don't know but I always feel like for 1 day everyone is just nice and I love that! Yes I realize this is a high quality photo, thank you very much.

David was lucky enough to have part of Friday and all of Monday off, so we made sure to pack in lots of fun things! We were able to see my bff (yes I just wrote bff) and her husband on Saturday and enjoyed playing at the park and just catching up with them. Since we are no longer in Utah they actually celebrated the 4th well...on the 4th so we missed a lot of the fun activities. Sunday night we drove up to Brighton and watched the fireworks from the back of our car. It was pouring. We were a little bummed with the fireworks but one nice thing about living out in the plains is that we were able to see lots of different fireworks going off throughout all of Denver as we drove back home. 

Monday morning we decided to venture out by Evergreen for a little (or not so little) family hike. It was beyond beautiful! I loved all the trees and being surrounded by mountains. It felt so good to just get out as be together as a family. Grant was really excited to be outside too. He didn't love wearing his hat but overall he was a pretty happy camper...or hiker...uh....


He got really quiet and I looked up and saw this...

About an hour later he finally woke up and once again enjoyed the hike. We kept giving him different leaves and pieces of grass to play with. He had a death grip on this thing the whole car ride home. I wish every weekend could be a 3 day weekend....well considering I stay home all day I guess I can't really complain:) 

Regardless of what this outfit may suggest, Grant does not work for Target as a cashier. And yes I did buck up as a parent and force him to wear a hat. 


4 comments:

Clay and Katy said...

I love that picture of him asleep in the carrier...adorable!!!

Jeni said...

I am soooo reporting you to CPS for violating Child Labor Laws! I thought the little man ringing my stuff up at Target bore an uncanny resemblace to Grant! (He also has to make a RIDICULOUS commute to get to work, but I'll let that one slide.) :)
I love all the pics in this post. And I'm pretty sure Grant is the most beautiful little boy ever.

Deters said...

Sounds like you guys had an awesome Fourth! Love the pictures and there is nothing wrong with working at Target, no matter what the age.

Kat and Steve said...

Another great post, Jodee style! You are so funny. Thanks for clearing up the confusion...I was thinking Grant just might be the very same guy that helped me at Target last time I was there. Looks like you had a good weekend! Let's petition for more 3 day weekends, OK?