4th of July

We didn't have any real big plans for the 4th.  We went to the parade in the morning which Gareth loved, it was his "first" parade that he actually could enjoy.  He loved it, he was sooooo amazed, he just sat there and stared the whole 2 hours!!!  It's so freakin hot here that they have what they call "water floats," so the last 7-10 floats have water guns and blasters and they spray people down and you can spray them down.  It's pretty cool, so Gareth and I got sprayed and cooled off at the end of the parade, he got the biggest kick out of that.  We went home took some naps and then we went to the Shamo's for a little Rock Band on the xbox 360.  Micah was rocking it out on the drums, they were all so amazed b/c he was playing expert after only 2 songs and they've been playing the game for like 8 months and nobody has ever played expert.  I was like duh, he is a real drummer...haha  Gareth loved watching his dad play and was in complete awe.  We hung out with them for about 2 hours and then went over to the Jorgensen's for dinner and the firework show.  Micah had to work so he had to leave around 7:30 so he didn't get to stay and see the fireworks with us, it was really hard for him.  He called me from work almost in tears b/c he could hear the fireworks on the strip going off and he couldn't be there for Gareth's first "real" firework show.  Gareth sat still for about the first 10 min then he thought he could chase them down and was jumping up and down yelling at the fireworks, it was so stinking cute.  He was so tired, it was an hour and a half past his bedtime when we got home and he crashed.  I'm off work all next week so we are going to go up to St. George and take Gareth camping in Pine Valley and probably go to Zion Nation Park and visit with some of Micah's fam.