Happy Fourth.

We kicked off our Fourth of July festivities with the Stadium of Fire.

It was so fun to watch the talented and handsome Mr. Paisley perform.

On Monday, I ran the Freedom Run 10K with some of my best friends. It was a blast.

Then, we watched the parade from a friend's house. Ellie loved the drums, which she calls "boom booms" and danced to the band music with her friends.

After the dancing, Ellie and Max took their relationship to the next level. Last year was merely an awkward hand grab:

But this year . . .

They exchanged kisses. We'll work on aim later.
{I love Max's expression in the first one.}


Since Ellie was already giving out kisses, she thought she'd see if the frog on Rip's shirt might turn into a baby prince for her. No such luck.

We topped off the fun day with a visit to the Freedom Festival booths downtown then a barbecue with our good friends, Keith and Keri.



We did our own little firework show, and Ellie wasn't so sure about it at first.



 But when she got to "help" her dad light them, she was all about it!

Happy Fourth of July!