4th of July

Our 4th of July was sooo busy! We woke up early on Friday morning and packed up for the day. We drove about an hour to Goreville which is where Jarod's sister and her family live. There was a parade at 1pm and it was great. It tried to spit rain on us but it never poured thank goodness. Shane was just amazed by all of the fire trucks and candy that was thrown to him. His favorite candy was dum dum's! What a mess let me tell you! After the parade we walked back to Jarod's sister's house and had hot dogs on the grill. We hung out until it got dark and watched the fireworks from her backyard. It was sooo nice not to have to drive to a park and fight the crowds of people. I think we will make this an every year tradition. Shane LOVED the big fireworks. But he finally tuckered out about 9:30 pm in his stroller so we piled everything back into the car and drove back to Murphysboro. It was a great day! Hope everyone else had a great 4th!