Festivities continue on Fourth of July!!!

We went to Gibbon on Saturday morning for the parade. It was nice to have the whole family there. Times like these make me miss Mullen so much. He would have had fun at the parade and playing with his brothers and cousins.

Maverick, Lily, Sydney, Caden, Maguire, and Delanie
They are all waiting so patiently for the parade to start. Their empty bags are begging for candy!

Maverick helped Lily during the parade. I thought the was so cute how she is resting her hand on his leg. What a good big cousin.

Guire is another good big cousin. Syd and Lily look a little tired and confused.
"Why are we sitting on the side of the street when our Mommy always yells at us when we get close to the street?"

The Widdowson grandkids showing respect as the military men go by with the American Flag!

CANDY!!!

Lily's first experience with a clown. :)

Grandma and Lily after the parade

Aunt Gigi and Lily (Lily is eating one of her many tootsie rolls)

Doesn't Papa look pretty with Lily's necklace on?

Our church always serves free ice cream after the parade, so we had to make sure we went there. Matt, Gigi, and I walked with Lily, Syd, and Mav to the church. Of course the kids all got ice cream.

We went back to the farm and ate lunch. Dad, John, and Scott went golfing. Matt took the three boys in the Jeep to go muddin. Us girls stayed home and relaxed. When the golfers got home, they hadn't seen Matt and the boys yet. The plan was that he was going to meet them up at the golf course. So, we all got worried, because Matt was out muddin for a few hours now. He was not answering his phone and the worse case scenarios were running through our heads. I finally got a hold of him and he said they just got unstuck and were on their way home.

Wow!!! Mud from head to toe!!

Matt is telling Dad the whole story.

Caden, Guire, and Mav

Lily and Syd didn't really care about the mud covered boys. They managed to crawl up in the T-Rex all by themselves.

Matt and the boys! They were filthy. They said they had a good time. Caden fell asleep in the Jeep when they were stuck. How cute!

Lily in the T-Rex. She would not get out, so Grandpa got in with her. Watch the videos below.

Again, I wish the weather was better. There were a few times that it was sprinkling on us. Its not supposed to do that on the Fourth of July! We lit fireworks in the driveway and also watched the ones above town. Lily really liked the fireworks. I hope everyone had a wonderful Fourth!