4th of July traditions (a bit late on the posting)

I remember as a kid, waking up early on the 4th of July to go down and claim the bus bench to watch the Ashland 4th of July parade. All these years later, although there is no bench any longer and we have taken to putting out blankets 24 hrs in advance, it is so fun to continue this tradition with my own little ones. In Colin's 5 fourth of Julys, we have been in Ashland 4 of those... And my hope is this will continue to be an annual trip to go up for the hometown festivities every year. It is a special time filled with memories of the past, and new memories being created. It is special week and lots of fun to spend time with Grammy and Dave and all my lifelong friends, as well as to share this tradition with my boys.



Nothing better than Emmigrant Lake waterslides! The kids had a blast - - and so did the big kids!! :)






We celebrated beautiful Jada and Jordan and I cherished my time with my wonderful High School friends!!




Fun times!!