4th of July Celebrations

Day 2: The big day

I think that we may need to make it a tradition to go down to Summit for the 4th. I don't know what it is, but small towns just know how to do the 4th of July right and Summit certainly gets things started bright and early. We were planning to skip the 7:00 AM flag raising and aim for the 8:00 breakfast but they apparently weren't very serious about the whole starting on time thing since when my mom and Jane were there at 8:00, there were only some cold scraps left over for them. The rest of us missed it completely so we scarfed at home and tried to make it in time for the 9:00 AM parade. We wanted to be there a little early since the girls were going to be in said parade, but that got started early too. My dad got them there and jumped in just in time to make the walk up and down the street.



Gotta love a parade that consists mostly of four-wheelers and kids on bikes and one beautifully decorated wagon.



The girls were just giddy about it.



Ben was supposed to join the girls, but he was having "one of those mornings" and refused to get in. He spent a lot of time pouting, which is too cute for words.



And Charlie was also feeling patriotic.

We then headed into Parowan for their parade which boasted some enormous tractors, dozens of motorcycles, classic cars, dancing cheerleaders, firetrucks AND ambulances. The kids were in heaven.



I seriously DON'T like parades mostly because it's always hot and they are always long and just want to leave. The Parowan parade is a different story. It was so fun for the kids and it was only an hour and the weather was amazing too.



Trying lure in the firemen so they could score some free frisbees.



Success!







All the Barron clan was there, except for Johnny and Danielle. Maybe next year...

We wanted to have some firecrackers for the kids, but we also wanted to get them to bed before World War III broke out, so we went with the mid-day fireworks display. Turns out there's a reason we all wait until after dark.

Here's a photo of Brent's finale. You ready?



Ya, it was a little sad, but the kids liked it.



And just when you thought that sparklers were harmless, Ben went and grabbed on that was lit, burning his little hand.



Actually, the entire Barron-Jackson clan was in a really good mood that evening. I had to sing "we are a happy family" to get this smile out of Leslie. Apparently Cam wasn't amused.

We had such a fun weekend. Now I'm going to start checking everyone's blogs for their photos of the weekend, I'll see you there.