4th of july at GasWorks!

Our 4th was fun...Jordan took the day off! (smile) we went to the ward pancake breakfast at 8am where they served pancakes and bacon....yummmm for all of us. Kate and Parker went with us! It wouldn't have been the same if they weren't.We came home and Jordan went to his 9am meeting and came home...I went to Wal-Mart after that for some stuff that I forgot when we went there the day prior andddddddddd while I was there Jordan did school work and played some WOW.I got home and Jordan was just waiting for me and so ready to get out! LOL it was so nice to be excited and to see him so ready to get going anywhere that was just not in the apartment. So we picked up Kate and Parker and headed to the bishop’s house where he was having a BBQ, fireworks, boating, ping pong (yea Jordan and Parker are way competitive with that...almost as bad as the office episode...LOL...j/k) and just a ton of talking and friendly conversations. We left there around 4-5ish (I can't remember really) and went down to Seattle / GasWorks Park for some beautiful fireworks, at this particular location they were are rated in magazines across the country for the top 5 places to watch them (right near the space needle). It took us about 30 min or more to find parking that was 1-2 miles away from the hill in which we were determined to sit on and watch the fireworks. When we got to the hill...it was mayhem let me tell you. It is said that over 300 thousand people go to this thing on that hill...LOL so the four of us are caring our blankets, Thai food, drinks, and treats...trying to find a spot big enough (small enough) spot for the four or us. So we spotted one and headed for it...it was a very very tight squeeze but this couple that was there offered to move over so that we could sit two by two...just as cuddly close as can be (smile) anyways it was to much fun and we had (WE ALL THOUGHT) the best spot on the grounds....lucky lucky us. We watched those at 10:30am or so and got home around midnight...I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY AND FEEL EXTREMELY blessed to be an American today and it was crazy exciting and fun to sing the songs and watch the flags. I just can't stand how happy I am to be an American...sorry to repeat myself. LOL...but life is great.Random pictures we took. Here is one of our videos of the finale.