My Favorite Holliday!!!

I absolutely LOVE the 4th of July!!! It is for sure my all time favorite Holiday. I love the time of year, I love the parades, I love the great food , I love the time spent with friends and family and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fire works! I added a new thing to my love list this year I joined in the fun in running the Freedom 5k. It was an amazing experience and I am so happy I did it and look forward to doing it again! This was a hug accomplishment for me but I set the goal a few months ago and I am so excited to say I accomplished it! There where a few times during the race that my emotions got the best of me and I had to hold back my tears I feel so good that I have came so far if you would have told me 4 months ago that I was going to run a 5k I would have laughed in your face! My sweet husband and kids where at every mile marker to cheer me on and it meant more to me than they will ever know. I set a goal of running the entire time without stopping and finishing in 45 min I know that doesn't seem like alot but it really was for me. After the first mile was all up hill I kept thinking there was no way I am going to be able to do this, when I finished in second to last place I had a really hard time being proud of my self I felt like I had failed and that I looked like a fool for even running, then Nate said "you beat your time" and I looked at him thinking he was being sarcastic and said "you aren't funny Nate" then he showed me that I really did, I finished in 42 min. I began to feel proud of my accomplishment. It was a great way start to an AMAZING 4th!
Clearfield Fireworks are honestly the BEST!!! When we lived in Salt Lake I thought Sugar House was good but they have nothing compared to Clearfield!! If you have never seen them you really should I promise you wont regret it! Abbie is not a fan of fireworks and every year I think she is going to like them and every year she curls up in my lap covers her face asks me to plug her ears and she goes to sleep WHAT how can you sleep through that!?!? She cracks me up! :) Sky likes to lay back and enjoy them! I wish I took more pics of all the fun activity's but I only took a few. I will post them when I get a computer that will upload them :)
On Sun. we had our own little firework show we had some neighbors over and Nate lite a few little fireworks I just love spending time with fabulous friends I honestly think I have the most amazing friends.
The fun wasn't over yet. On Monday Nates sister had bought tickets to the Bees game for their dad, brother, and Nate and no one could go so our family got the tickets. It was so fun we had animal balloons and yummy snacks and another great firework show. We went out on the field for the fireworks and that made it ever funner.
I know that the 4th isn't just about fireworks, friends, and food. It is also about our freedom and the people who have fought so hard for it! I do want to give a shout out to anyone who ever has or still is serving our country and thank them for their sacrifice I am happy we are able to celebrate our freedom in such a fun way! Hope everyone had a great 4th of July! :)