Happy Fourth of July!!!

Happy Fourth of July!!!!!!
The girls were in their first parade ever. We participated in the Afton parade and walked with LindySpring Systems. It was a lot of fun. We even ran into their friend from school and their teacher and her family.
They walked most of the way down the route but got tired (plus it was hot) and they wanted to ride with Craig in the van...they loved that. Afterwards we were treated to lunch at DQ.
Then we came home to rest up quickly and headed off to Nana and Papa's for a BBQ, Bon-fire and fireworks. It was a blast. The girls brought their new skates out with them and had a lot of fun rollerskating. They played in the pool, we played hide and seek and we roasted marshmellows. The girls also were able to use sparklers for the first time ever. It was a day of many firsts.
After 10:00 p.m. (which is way past our 8:00 bedtime) Abbey looked at me and asked if we could go home because she was tired. Ashley wanted to stay but we were able to get her to come home.
We missed Uncle BJ and hope he is feeling better. It now looks like Daddy has the same crud the girls had. Daddy came out for a while but was not feeling well at all.
Happy Fourth of July and a great big thank you to our soldiers from the past all the way to the future....thank you isn't enough for what you have done.