4th of July

 We had a very fun filled 4th of July this year!

First thing we went to our ward's 4th of July pancake breakfast.

That was awesome. It gave us the much needed fuel for the tasks that we had ahead of us!

 Sammy had a great time playing with his friends...

 There was a BIKE PARADE and the primary kids could decorate their bikes there at the breakfast.  Jackson was very upset that we did not bring his bike. and to be honest, so were we!  Next year!  We will be more prepared, next year.

He did get a festive flag put on him and he walked in the parade.

 Did I mention that Gramma was with us!  Yay!  It was so great having her here.

 After the parade they dished out SHAVED ICE!

Yummy. If there is one thing Jackson loves it is SNOW CONES!

He was doing pretty good at the beginning eating his.

 Sammy loved sharing with Dad!

 Jackson stated getting a little messy!  

It was ALL over him!

 And Sammy had enough with the sharing.

He wanted one of his very own!

 Family shot!

After the breakfast we had a ton of people meet at our apartment and pack up two trucks and a trailor.  Not the ideal situation to move out of your apartment on the 4th of July, but everyone was off work and not really doing much AFTER the breakfast, so off we went to pack everything up!

It went really fast.

It took an hour and a half to pack up the trucks and empty out the entire apartment and then move it into our house.  Awesome. My mom stayed back at the house and watched the boys and she was amazed that it didn't take very long at all. 

 I meant to take pictures of all the unpacking we had to do, but I never got around to it!  We had everyone just dump everything in the front room....my craft room!  My goal that day was to get the kitchen unpacked and the front room pretty much unpacked...well at least get things to the right room that they needed to be in.  And I will say, with a ton of work...We made it happen!  Good thing Mom was here. She helped out A TON! It was fun having Harvey come celebrate with us too!

 Sammy being a good helper!

 Is this where you want me Dad?

 We took a break around 5 and got dinner all ready!

WE GOT TO GRILL!!!!!!

We were so excited to use our grill again.  It had been sitting out on our balcony at the apartment longing to be used.  So happy we get to use it again.

 We had a great 4th of July feast.

Hot Dogs, strawberry banana salad, cucumber and tomato salad, chips,  and yummy watermelon!

That table doesn't look too bad for just moving in huh?

We really got so much done that 4th of July!

 Sammy of course loved every bite of it.

 After dinner we went out back and had some snow cones!

Another thing that had been buried away at the apartment---OUR SNOW CONE MACHINE!

So happy to be able to use this bad boy again!

 While we were back there we discovered a HUGE wasp nest.

We took care of it that night!

 Then we headed to Valley Ridge Mall's parking lot for fireworks!

It was great fun!

It was such a busy day! 

We worked so hard.

I was really happy to have my mom here to help us and to see our new HOME!

It was great to have Harvey join us for the day.

We are glad that we are so close to him and we get to see him often.

We are so excited to be in a house and out of the apartment.

Such a great day!