july 4th '09 celebration

Our Independence Day celebration started at the Yarrow Point community parade. Bellevue Fire Station 5 and Matt were the family's highlight of the parade. Addi was excited to wave throughout the parade, seeing her "dada" riding in the fire truck, and collecting the candy that was thrown in her direction. We, then, relocated ourselves to the Bellevue Park where we hunkered down for the evening to wait for the 10 PM firework display. During the wait, Addi met her preschool friend, Lauren, and had so much fun on the bouncy bounces, having her face painted and sketched, making colorful sugar candy sticks (aka batons), and making us laugh with her impromptu bows and silliness. Enjoy the slideshow of our eventful day.