Happy
Independence
Days

We just love this time of year. The 4th of July (the US independence day) & The 24th of July (UTAH's independence day). Two sets of parades & carnivals and two sets of Fireworks.

Kaia and Deion love the Parades, I don't know if it's the colorful floats & cars & musical bands OR all the candy that gets thrown to them. My guess is the candy.

So we ended up going to 3 different parades & 3 different Firework shows. And loved them all. Kaia has always loved the big fireworks shows (except the big boom ones), but Deion did better and was more interested this year.

This is us at the Centerville and West Bountiful parades. An old fire truck broke down in the parade right in front of us. So Marvin jumped up and was one of the guys to push the truck off the road and out of the way. It was funny.

Summer fun
For Kaia

Ok...so...we went to the Salt Lake City Arts Festival for the first time this year, and we had a lot of fun. I had no idea all the things there are to do and see for kids. I thought it was just a bunch of booths with weird art and spicy food. Those were there too, but I saw cool art as well. When I am rich and need to decorate my house, I'm gonna go to the arts festival to buy, not just look.

But anyway, there was this whole section just for kids. We didn't even get to half the stuff, but Kaia was able to paint on a wall, (which she loved) and played a tiny violin just her size, tried a trumpet and other neat art stuff. Deion was there too but strapped into the stroller.(no way was I gonna let him loose in there.)

So anyway next year we are defenatley going again and this time we'll spend more time there.