Fourth of July

It was an unusual Fourth of July to say the least.  There was a bit of drama as to where we were going to watch the parade now that my Dad is retired.  We ended up back in front of his old office as always, but we didn't have all of our usual crowd (no cousins and no Megan & Max).  Rylee was still super excited for the parade.  She loves getting the candy even though 99% of it is tootsie rolls which she can't eat.  (How I wish that even one flavor of tootsie roll was made with soy, but I digress.)

Here's a couple of pictures of us before it all went south. 

 

After two nights in a row of 11:30 bedtimes and an hour wait in the hot sun for the parade to even start, Rylee was beginning to lose it.  Then she got sunscreen in her eyes and it was game over.  Gaga and I had to take her home.  Jon, Jace and Papa stayed though and they had a great time!

Rylee was a little feverish from pure exhaustion so she spent the rest of the day in bed or on the couch.  We never made it out to the lake or to see the cousins - frown.  Luckily, she perked up in time for our bbq with the Mooers crew (plus Mark &Jan and Sara).  Jace went to bed, but Rylee managed to have enough energy to stay up for my Uncle Howard's epic fireworks display.  People on the lake are starting to count on him for their fireworks entertainment.  There was even a pontoon in the bay watching  Nothing says independence like illegal fireworks smuggled in from Wisconsin!