Happy 4th of July :)

Another fourth of July has come and gone, and it was a busy one! We started off the fourth by going to the Sioux Falls Fourth of July Parade. It was a pretty lack luster parade, but Emma sure thought it was pretty cool, and enjoyed seeing all the floats. We really didn't even get any candy, but that's ok, Emma doesn't need the extra sugar :)

Enjoying the parade

Sleeping after all the parade excitement 

After the parade, we headed to Falls Park because the mayor was hosting a picnic for the first 5000 guests, so we had a pork sandwich, chips, water, and ice cream for free in the park. Emma passed out in her stroller for this part, which was good because we had to stand in line for a while. 

Once we finally got our food, we headed home and John headed to the farm, while I stayed behind to try to get Emma to take a decent nap. I was unsuccessful, so I packed up and headed out soon after. 

Emma had a blast out on the farm. She was just on the move the entire time, we switched off who was in charge of keeping up with her, just so we could keep up with her. 

The Fourth was pretty much what it always was-the boys shot clay pigeons, we had a beanbag tournament, grlled-out, visited, and of course shot off fireworks. 

Emma just kinda got into everything, and there was a kiddie pool set up, so she had fun in the water. I had to change her outfit three times!

We also took a lot of family photos since almost the entire family was there this year. It was nice to see everybody and catch up with them. 

Emma was not a fan of the fireworks. Once the big, loud ones started going off, she wanted to be picked up, and cuddled right into our shoulders. Poor girl. We took her inside during this part, and then I left shortly after with her because it was like 10:30pm, and poor girl was way behind on sleep. She passed out in the car before I even left the driveway. 

Emma loves to play in the water!

Abby and Emma thought it was awesome to crawl into Buzz's kennel over and over again

All three girls playing so nice together

Emma checking out the "baby", hopefully this is a good sign of things to come :)

Peg and Emma putting on lotion

Wagon rides

John, Jeff, and Grandma Nelson

It was a great fourth of July, and it was fun to see Emma get into the festivities this year. It's too bad she doesn't appreciate the fireworks, but maybe next year...

Hope everyone had a fun, safe, Fourth of July!!!