Independence Day

As I mentioned in the previous post, Trent's b-day is on the 4th, so we try to balance celebrating our nation's birthday and his. The morning of the 4th started out like it does every year here in Lehi: with the shooting of the cannon. Yes, you read that right. The fire department shoots a cannon off every ten minutes between 6-7 AM. Greg thinks it's a nice tradition. I think it's an idiotic way to wake up the entire city on a holiday. Apparently there have been several attempts to get the city to stop doing it, but since it's Lehi and change isn't something they do here, they wouldn't even consider doing what the majoity of citizens want done. Anyway, we were a little nervous as we opened Trent's presents because we couldn't find Suzie, our dog. We thought the cannon might have made her hop the fence into the field next door. I get a call around 8 am, asking if I own a dog named Suzie. Apparently she was in the garage of someone almost a mile and a half away! She is extremely scared of loud noises, and I can only imagine that as each cannon shot was fired, she ran further and further away. Poor thing. Next year we will close the garage door the night before. I hate that cannon.

After our BBQ that afternoon with Greg's parents, we came here and the incessant, "Is it time to do fireworks yet?" began. When it was finally 9:30 and dark enough, Greg took all but Rachel around the corner to the neighborhood fireworks show. Every year about 10 families get together and shoot our fireworks off together, so it's a huge show. I stayed here with Rachel, who surprisingly slept through the entire thing. Maybe it's because I turned her white-noise machine up. (But if we walk down the hall and make the floor creek, she's sure to wake up.) Anyway, the kids had a great time. When they came home, we stood on our porch and watched the big fireworks from Thanksgiving Point over the rooftops of our neighbors. It was a fun day!
Check out Seth's cool outfit. Muscle shirt, stripped pj pants and cowboy boots. Does that boy have fashion sense or what?!