Fiesta Days

Anyone who knows me well knows that Fiesta Days (the 24th of July) is one of my favorite times of year, and has been since I was a little girl. I've always made it a point to bring my kids to the activities, hoping to instill the same love of it in them. We started out the day with the parade. Addison was absolutely adorable. She kept walking around talking to all of the other kids sitting around us, and was so enthusiastic about waving at all of the "princesses and ponies" in the parade. After the parade, even though it was really hot, we decided to brave the carnival and the craft fair. Not sure that was the best idea, but the kids had a lot of fun. Addison wasn't interested at all in going on the rides, so I spent ten bucks at balloon darts and won her a stuffed bunny, so she was happy. After we were burnt out at the carnival, we went home to take naps before going to dinner at my parent's house. Dinner was the usual barbecue, and afterwards we all ventured out by the ballpark to see the fireworks after the rodeo. We had never done this before, and the traffic was a bit of a nightmare, but it was a blast and the kids really enjoyed it, so we'll probably add that onto our list of traditions in years to come.

Daddy and Addison at the parade.

Kaiden

Whitney and Kelly

Tyler

Addison waving at the Princesses

Addison, Melissa, and Whitney

Zuke and Melissa

Addison, Kaiden, and Tyler

(Our own AT&T commercial)

Kaiden and Tyler on the motorcycles at the carnival.

Tyler on the carousel

Kaiden on the carousel

Addison with her stuffed bunny

Tyler and Kaiden on the scrambler. I was really surprised

that they both wanted to go on this ride, but they were

laughing and having a great time by the end of it!

Tyler and Mommy on the swings

Waiting for the fireworks to start. Addison kept mooching

ice cream off of Amanda.

Tyler chose Cameron as his viewing spot :)