the best day of all the days

have i ever told you how much i LOVE the fourth of july?

for me it's equal with christmas. i can't tell you how excited i get about all of it.

seriously though, it's the best day of all the days. always the best day of all the days.

we started out at the parade with the morgans.

then we went to the morgans house and had a bbq. sebastian-ham nava prepared smoked brisket. and we had fruit salad and potato salad and baked beans and bruschetta and chips and sodas and pies and ice cream. so good.

then we went swimming and played "throw the babies" and "pass the watermelon."

then we went to the calistoga fair.

i love the fair.

and then we watched the fireworks and played with sparklers.

it was a magical day.

kai, isabel, me, and sophie at the parade. sophie was an exchange student here last year. now she's back to visit! she likes to remind us all that she is hungarian.

horpless

pool timez

i will never know why this piece only got 2nd place. i want it to hang in my future home.

sophie's first time on the cliff hanger

yeaaaaaah boyyyyyyyy

i ran into janie and alysha at the fair! love my bakery girls ♡

i sometimes take the greatest photos ever. this happens to be one of them.

kai, olivia, me, walker, isabel, and sophie at the fair

sophie's first snocone. every time i go to the fair, i get a tiger's blood snocone. tradition.

sparklers

happy birthday, america. 236 years old and you still got it. :)