Happy 4th of July!

I love the 4th of July! It just reminds me of classic America and I always have a good time. This year was pretty chill. My dad was in town so we went to the Kalispell parade. It was fun! Lots of vintage cars, some vintage aircraft flew over, and mostly it's just the community getting out and representing various organizations or clubs or whatever. Last year Johnny and I saw the American flags lining the street and thought it was so quaint and small townish but we didn't feel like waiting for the parade. I figured since my dad was here, might as well go and see what it was all about! There we're lots of people and "floats" if you want to call them that, no marching bands- dad was disappointed about that- and it was fun to see all the kids getting really excited to get candy and whatnot. Here are some pics I snagged with my phone. Most don't need explanation- if they don't makes sense... trust me, it didn't quite make sense to me either.







After the parade, we went to lunch at 5 guys with Johnny and then went and bought me a couple of maternity pieces. We were both really tired so I came home and dad went back to his hotel and we both took naps. It's nice that we had the time to do that! Afterwards was Tiffany's Birthday Party/ 4Th of July bash! That was so much fun! I love hanging out with friends, especially during the summer! The more the merrier! (I hate for anyone to feel excluded, ever! It's such a horrible feeling that I tend to only have people over if I can invite them all!) And almost everyone was there! We ate some delicious food, I watched as a lot of people played wiffleball, sang happy birthday to Tiffany, and then watched some wonderful fireworks! We all seemed to bring a couple so there was some good variety. Johnny had fun lighting them off but was still careful. My dad LOVED his firecrackers and would light them individually and throw them one by one either on the street or into the storm drain to "amplify the bang". Our friends David and Mylee, they recently moved here from CA, were so excited to have fireworks that they bought enough to keep us all amused, to go to the lake after we all went home and keep lighting them until 2 am, and they're going out again tonight! So fun!