SLEEPOVER!!

Here's cute little Mattea, my neice, eating her delicious corn on the cob! That night I decided to pick up Mattea on the way home from work and took her home with me to have a sleepover! I've been promising her and Jason for a long time. She was so sweet, she was wishing that Jason and her mommy could sleep over too, but Jason will have his chance another week. I thought it'd be more fun for them to do it seperately. SO on the way home, we stopped at Macey's to pick up yummy fruit to make Smoothies! We made them after we ate our corn-Delicious! So when we got home, I asked her what she wanted to do and she wanted to go outside. So first we started rolling down the hill in our back yard. Then, since we were so hot, we just had to turn on the sprinklers! So Mattea and I just started running through the sprinklers in our clothes-it was WAY hot! That definitely hit the spot! :) Then when we were drying off, she wanted to play Princesses! That was so fun-haha i felt like I was her age again, running around like a princess and looking for Queen Grandma! After "Queen Grandma" came home, we went to the park and played on the playground. Then came home, ate, and watched her favorite, Sleeping Beauty! She was soooo tired and it was after her bedtime so we went to sleep in Suzy's old bed. She definitely is a wiggler while she sleeps, but it was fun! I took her to ballet in the morning, which she loves! She was smiling the entire time! She is getting so good-she must have got those genes from me, haha just kidding! She's a cutie! I love little neices!

Fourth of July Parade!

The fourth of July Parade was WONDERFUL! The weather was perfect because it was overcast! Of course, it could've been a bit cooler, especially with those dresses, but we couldn't have asked for better weather! It was so fun to see all my friends and family! This sounds dumb, but i just love to smile! So being in parades is perfect! Kelly did awesome for just having knee surgery! You Go Girl! It's so fun to see little kids get all excited to wave at you! It's a good self-esteem booster :) I love it! Once we reached the end of the parade, our cars were all the way on Bulldog Boulevard so...we rode the float all the way to our cars! We were going like 30 miles an hour on it! It was awesome!! Haha!
The rest of the day was fun too! I went with my family to all the booths at the Freedom Festival and my dad bought me a cool necklace charm. THanks Dad! Then we had a picnic with Suzy's and Natalie's in-laws! That was fun! Of after that, my dad needed help collecting flags from yards in the ward, so Suzy, Nate and I were running around the neighborhood and riding on the back of the truck with our dad! It was pretty funny! I think Nate collected the most, but I wasn't far behind ;) . To finish off the night, we went and watched the Stadium of Fire fireworks. They're always amazing! That was a fun day!! Being in the Royalty has been a BLAST!