Sunday, July 7, 2024

Happy 4th of July!

 We made the flight in the morning and it was a quick flight to SLC. We were glad to make it before the 4th.

Aunt Tiffani picked us up.

Me, Grammy, Tiffani
We spent the day mostly relaxing and got to see Erik, Shanelle and Asher. 

David was supposed to fly in that night, but he also had technical delays and missed his connection in Chicago by about 5 minutes. He flew to Denver and spent the night, catching a really early flight the next morning. I went and picked him up. We made it to Provo in time to catch the parade. We weren't sure we wanted to go, but in the end, we all went except Grammy and Grandad. And we were so glad we did! It was a great parade and it was fun to see Lauryn and Clara in it. Jalen and Baylie had never seen a parade that big.

Clara at left, Lauryn at right - both waving flags.
Uncle Dave bought everyone giant corn dogs. They were delicious!
Provo, Utah, missionaries
Gorgeous draft horses
That night we went to the Stadium of Fire. I had never been because I never wanted to pay for it. It was AMAZING! I regret never going earlier. We hadn't known David was going to go, so he didn't have a ticket. He ended up hanging out with his sister Casey at Grammy & Grandad's. 

We got there early. It was so hot!
Zion's Youth performed a few numbers, including the National Anthem. They were very impressive.

They had some fireworks misfire and go into the stands and some people were injured. Six went to the hospital. It happened not far in front of us.

The Jonas Brothers put on a great concert. 
Jalen knew every word! I had no idea he even listened to them.
We had some glow stick glasses.
The drone show was incredible. I think at some point, drones will probably replace fireworks.
Although when they added the fireworks, it was even more impressive. Provo really puts on an incredible show.
We had planned to stay Friday for a family barbecue and fly home Saturday, but the flights were full so we decided to head home Friday morning. It was a good call, but no standbys got out on Sunday.
The kids had to get ready for FSY, so we were all glad to make it home and sleep in our own beds.

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