Monday, July 7, 2008

4th of July Festivities

We started off our holiday celebration on July 3rd at Grandma Talley's house. It was too hot to do anything outside except swim. Thank goodness Ashlyn still has her cousin Gabrie to play with :)



After we finally forced both girls out of the pool, we walked over to watch the Riverton city parade with Uncle Luke & Aunt Kellie. It didn't take long for Ashy to figure out what the whole point of a parade is... picking up all the candy you possibly can off the road.


The next day, July 4th, we got up VERY early to watch Dad win a 5k race in Kaysville (but we forgot to take pictures!) Then we spent the rest of the day with the Hansen side of the family. Ashlyn finally got to go to the zoo (she had been talking about seeing the "animals" for days).
That big black thing in the window is a gorilla!


Ashlyn was pretty fascinated by the giraffes, especially the little baby giraffe.


Riding the zoo train with Grandma Hansen.



Fireworks at the Talleys... Ashlyn only got one sparkler because Corbin & Kiley did all the rest!

Watching the "big" fireworks with the Hansens. Matt is showing off some of his "skills."

Grandma Hansen bought like 500 glow sticks so we had to come up with some creative ways to use them all :)

6 comments:

Brad Anderson said...

Welcome back Talley's! You've been away form the Blogging World way too long.

Matt said...

Hey! Love the pics! That was a fun day. and I knew I had at least one pic where I didn't blink! Lost season 2 is yours anytime you want it!

Kyrsten said...

We really missed being with the family. Glad you could still have fun without us. We have one request though...you have your baby early so we can see her while we are there. Izzy loves the giraffes too, they are her favorite.

Telisse and Kade said...

Love this month! Well I love the 4th of July! Such a fun holiday! My little one spent the holiday with your little brother on the coast. Were bummed cuz the hippos are gone at the zoo. That is Kades favorite.

Rebecca said...

Talley! This is Rebecca (Sheppard) Mann. Your family is so cute! I can't believe how much your little girl has grown up!

Kyle, Adrienne and Hayden said...

Love the new pics! We're so jealous you get to spend 4th of July with family. We can't wait to see yo guys in August!