Happy Birthday America!

I'm really just doing a bit of catch up... I have been lazy about blogging and scrapbooking... Really, I have just been lazy!  We had a lot of fun on the 4th of July.  As much as I don't love living in a small town, they do go all out for holidays.  We started the day with the parade down Main Street.  We walked over and bought the kids some poppers to throw while we waited... the kids LOVED that!  We barbequed for dinner and then we drove over by the airport and watched fireworks.  We didn't buy any this year... everytime we do fireworks ourselves, someone (Jaxton) burns himself.  So we decided to just skip that altogether.  The fireworks were amazing!  I always get a little emotional on the 4th of July.  I really am proud to be an American.  The kids were adorable during the fireworks... Paisley would say "These are so beautiful" and Jaxton would say "Mom, the fireworks are so magical".  Kids really do make holidays better!  And of course, in typical Shannon fashion, everyone dressed up and of course pictures were involved!