July 4th - Parade & Waterslides

I LOVE celebrating the 4th of July in Rexburg. 2 years ago I took Brayden for that weekend and loved it. It was fun to have Josh with us this time. We woke up and hurried off to the parade. My sister-in-law Jana's family saved us a great spot near the beginning of the parade under a nice shady tree. It took Brayden a while to realize that candy kept coming and he could save it. He tried to eat every piece he picked up. Here are some fun pictures of the parade:

Brayden clapping for the dancers:

Brooklyn enjoying her first sucker:Here's Brayden checking out his stash of candy. Notice the bagel behind him he quickly discarded as soon as the candy started coming. What a great breakfast!

Brayden waving and saying hi to the big tractor:
The reason we came - cute baby Simon:
The cutest kids after the parade:

After the parade we headed back to Ryon and Jana's for some pizza. Jana's family has a tradition of doing a huge waterslide every year, so we helped get it all ready. It was a ton of fun going down the waterslide, although Brayden wasn't a fan. Josh first took him down with him but ended up going really fast, so Brayden screamed the whole time. So we decided to put him on the slide just half way and push him down. It went well the first time, but the second time Josh pushed a litle too hard and he ended up on his back. So we tried one more time and he ended up sliding head first into the puddle of water. Let's just say he was done. Unfortunately for him, we were not. So after about 30 minutes, I carried him up the hill while he was kicking and screaming and took him down with me. I covered his eyes when we went through the water and I think that helped, although it was not the solution. At the end of the day he still hated it. Here we all are going down the slide.
Brooklyn, on the other hand, absolutely loved it. I took her down with me quite a few times, then started sending her down just holding her hand. I didn't get a picture of her, but she was giggling the whole way down. Although it doesn't look like it, you get going pretty fast. Here's Josh:

Brooklyn loved the little kiddie pool. I love her bitter beer face in this picture:The other main attraction was the tire swing. The kids couldn't get enough of them. At one point Brooklyn almost fell asleep.Of course Brayden had to play hoops with dad.