4th of July

Saturday, July 4, 2009

The 4th has always been a special holiday for me because that was my grandma's birthday. I have wonderful memories of this holiday and her. We would eat angel food cake (her favorite) with stawberries and whipped cream. My grandpa used to tell us that the fireworks were just to celebrate her birthday :).

For the 4th of July, we had a busy day. My college roommate, Lori, was visiting with her boyfriend (Jayson) and her daughter (Kayli). They flew in from Hawaii. We all went to a BBQ at Jessica's house to celebrate. We hadn't seen Lori since Jessica's wedding in 2003.

Later that night, we went to our friends Jen and Don's house. They have two daughters, Clara and Lucy. Lucy is about 3 1/2 weeks older than Jasmine. They have a cousin, Annabel, that has the same birthday as Jasmine. She was born in the morning, though. Annabel and Jasmine are both little peanuts, and are about the same in terms of walking progress.

It was freezing that night! We had to borrow some clothes from Lucy to put on Jasmine to keep her warm. They live in a culdesac, and all the neighbors had gotten together and were setting off fireworks in the street. Even one neighbor, who was a fireman, was in on the action. There were lots of little kids, and everyone was having a blast.

After we watched the fireworks in the street, we went to Jen's backyard to watch the fireworks that the city of Highlands Ranch were putting on. They were beautiful. We had such a great view. We were able to see fireworks from all around since Highlands Ranch is somewhat elevated from the nearby cities.

That night, Jasmine was also crawling in the kitchen. She got a hold of an empty wine bottle in the recycling bin on the floor. She always does this with water bottles. I think she may have gotten a taste of a little bit of wine because she made a weird face after she tipped the bottle up.