The 4th of July!

Last 4th of July our family was on vacation in San Francisco {which was fabulous!},
but I gotta say I absolutely love being in Provo for the 4th.

There is such a quant small-town feel to all of the festivities that go on
from the parade to the cute shops set up downtown with smells of food filling the air &
all sorts of things to look at and buy, to then the Stadium of Fire--Provo knows how to
put on an awesome celebration!

This year we did it all! We started our morning off with the parade downtown.

My sister-in-laws and I headed downtown for some shopping and eating of course.

The spread at our family BBQ...mmmm everything was delish.

Could my niece be any cuter? I think not!

My niece is an independence day girl, so of course we celebrated her big day as well. That cake above was so good, my brother made it from scratch.

At the Stadium of Fire, we were excited for some Kelly Clarkson and Michael was not shy about his crush for Carly Rae.

Fireworks are the best finale to any party in my opinion! Hope everyone had a great 4th too!
So grateful for this great nation I live in.