Brewer's House of Music: 4th of July!

I know this is a little late, but we had a great 4th of July Weekend! My parents came down from WA and spent the weekend with us. One of the benefits of living in UT is people are so patriotic here! I love going through the neighborhood and seeing a flag in every yard and red, white, and blue painted all over the town! We had a fun time with my parents experiencing all of the festivities around here. At the park across the street from our house, there was a "Colonial Fest" where the park turned into a colonial village including a schoolhouse, broom maker, bakery, militia camp, lace maker, blacksmith, etc. It was a lot of fun to walk across the street and feel like we warped back in time!

We also went down to Provo for the Freedom Festival. Provo knows how to celebrate the 4th! We got in the patriotic spirit enjoying the hot summer day with vendors, music, historical sites/re-enactments, and wearing our red white and blue!

Exploring with the wheel of the Mayflower

Having fun with some prizes from some booths.

Burping the baby. Just wanted to show how tiny Alice is...all of the pictures we have are up close so it is hard to tell how dainty this tiny girl actually is! :)

Cute. :)

We stopped and watched some of the "entertainment". It happened to be a clogging dance group. Merrilee LOVED it! She was dancing and running up to the stage and laughing the whole time!

Captivated by the dancers.

Saturday night, after the kids were asleep, my parents stayed with the girls while Ben and I went and watched the Stadium of Fire Fireworks display. It was nice to get out with just Ben for the first time in a LONG time...even if it was only 45 mins. :)

On Sunday, July 3, Ben sang with the Orem Chorale in a patriotic service at the Scera Shell, (same park the colonial fest was at) featuring some of the founding fathers. Unfortunately we forgot our camera so this phone pic is the only documentation we have of it. This is the choir warming up...

Monday, the 4th, morning Adam and Ben woke up at unheard of hours and went down to Provo to stake out a spot for the parade. People around here are so crazy when it comes to the July 4th parade! People were camping overnight and the streets were already full at those wee hours in the morning! They managed to get a pretty good spot though and we all enjoyed the parade.