4th of July (I know, I'm late)

Our 4th of July was nice and relaxed. Steve actually had off and we were able to go to the local parade together. We always get to sit by all of my family and we get breakfast across the street and wait for the parade.

My nephews were in the parade on this fire truck. Don't they look excited. They sure are cute and give us the best candy!
Kiana and Maile are waiting for the parade with their huge bucket. That bucket actually got filled twice. We still have candy coming out our ears.

Kiana is petting one of the dogs in the parade sponsoring a pet store. She loves dogs, though Daddy will never give in and let her have one.
A funny story, Kiana's friend was getting his face painted and Kiana really wanted it done too. I didn't think it was worth it for 5 bucks and the line was forever long, so I told her we didn't have any money. A nice teenage girl, that we don't know, heard her complaining and felt bad, gave her 5 bucks and left before we could give it back or even thank her. It was sweet, but now Kiana thinks someone will always give her money, like at Lagoon with squirting people or the zoo for money to feed animals. She whines and complains and waits, how do I teach her she can't always have everything when people look at my cute girl and give her anything?? She did love her butterfly though, even if it only stayed on for a few minutes.

This is a picture of Steve with a good buddy Maurice that he grew up with. It is nice to run into people you haven't seen forever.

Steve actually had to work later that night, so he went to bed and the rest of us did before fireworks even started. We are party poopers!!