Brody's 1st 4th of July

The 4th of July for us was pretty good. It was much better than last year's that was for sure. I was so determined this year to have a great 4th. Last year all I did was sit on my butt at Chris' parents house and did nothing. Nobody wanted to do anything last year. I didn't have the car last year because I worked in the morning and Chris had to take the car for work. So this year I told Chris I was for sure going to take the car so I wouldn't be stuck anywhere. Speaking of Chris he had to work again this year. I don't remember us having a whole 4th of July as a family in a long time. His Store Manager always has it off every year but Chris promised me that next year he will request it off so I am looking forward to that. I just wished that the day yesterday was longer to do more stuff. The day started off good because I was finally able to go to the parade with my children. The past few years I had to work during the parade so this year was really special, not only was it Brody's first but also because I got to spend the whole day with my kids. This year was a realization that the 4th is mostly for the children. As long as they are having fun that is all that matters and when they have fun I have fun. We didn't go to any parks because I didn't have money and plus we tried to go to the Kaysville park because their blow up things were free but when we got there they were closed until 5 and we weren't going to go back because we had to be at a bbq and I had to pick up Chris around that time. Chris and I did spend a little time together, we had lunch together at his work so that was nice. I spent a lot of time with my sister Johanna and I liked that because we don't get to spend a lot of time together. We went over to our grandpa's to pick up my mom and I think that was the last time I will ever get to see my grandpa alive so it was pretty sad. He doesn't look too good, he lost a lot of weight and you can just tell that he isn't going to live very much longer. So it was nice to see him on the 4th. The best part was the fireworks of course because that is when me and Chris can spend more time together, I just wished that we would of saw store bought fireworks but that is ok. Overall the day was good, I was so exhausted by the end of the day, even the kids were pooped out. The cute part of the day was that Brody was just in awe with the fireworks in the sky, he would not pull his eyes away from the sky for a minute. I am just thankful that my kids had a blast.