The 4th of July: Sienna's Big Day

Well, Sienna shares something special with our country, the same birthday! We were in Coeur d'Alene for the holiday, since Daddy left for training (one month) the day before. We missed Daddy so much, but we had a great time with family. We went to the parade in the morning, which Breck loved! He was entranced by the floats, but most of all the big trucks with honking horns! Sienna, was a little... cranky. She wasn't too thrilled about the noise and huge floats. She ended up falling asleep for the last half of the parade. Both the kids were decked out in their best 4th of July attire, and feeling patriotic; or maybe just excited about the weirdness of the day! After we got home from the parade, we went back to my parent's house, while the kids took a nap. When they woke up, we went over to Uncle Cameron and Aunt Shawnte's house to have a swim in their kiddy pool! Breck of course loved it, and got right in, but it was an even bigger surprise to see that Sienna liked it too! She didn't feel the need to say in quite as long, but she did enjoy it. We had a fun time just hanging out together, enjoying the nice and HOT weather, and getting our fix of eachother's kids! After swimming, we went back to Grandpa and Grandma's house for a BBQ! Yummmmm! After dinner, we had dessert, which was a twist on our usual berry flag cake. It was round for Sienna's birthday, with a fun fruit design! My mom's cousin Julie joined us for dessert and fireworks, and it was so nice to see her again! Sienna had fun with the cake, yet again, and we all loved the excuse to eat cake again! After dessert, we had our own fireworks, then headed over to the Hayden Golf course for the fireworks over Hayden Lake. Beautiful as usual. Sienna slept through them, and Breck was a combination of terrified and excited. It was more entertaining watching him! It was pretty much his first 4th of July with fireworks and all, his first one, he slept through, he was only a few months old. The 2nd was last year, but we were all a little busy last year :o), so this was his first real 4th of July experience! It was a fun day, the only thing that would have made it perfect was Daddy! We love and miss you Daddy! We are thinking about you and your sacrifices this 4th of July!

At the Parade

Sienna Slept

Breck watched carefully, never getting too far away from Grandpa!

We thought Breck was being too quiet, which usually brings out a sudden panick in me, but we found him here...of course, watching a race. This kid loves cars...


Sienna talking with Vance

Although Sienna was upset at this moment, she really did like the pool.


Happy Birthday Sienna!!!!


Breck during the fireworks

Breck and Julie

Breck and Mommy

Sienna in her dress