Our 4th of July

Ty, Maddux and I headed up to Syracuse on Sunday

to my parents

for our family Sunday dinner, hang out time

and we slept over so we wouldn't have to drive back 

for all the 4th festivities

Sunday night we roasted some marshmallows

and hung out outside 

on the porch in the beautiful weather 

and surrounded by my mom's pretty porch lights

Then of course the next day was the 4th

The fourth is a HUGE deal to our little fam!

I LOVE the fourth it is one of my favorite 

holidays next to Christmas

I love the warmth, the carnivals, parades, 

fireworks, BBQs and family time

I hope to pass along mine and Ty's love of the 4th 

onto Maddux and all our future children

We started the day off with going to the Layton Parade

My dad and the boys went and staked out a spot 

the night before

This parade gets so stinkin crowded you have to or you don't get a spot

and we got a good one :)

Supporting and cheering on our troops

USA

Maddux started off watching the parade in his stroller

but got way too excited and just had to get a little 

closer to the action

It was so fun for me to watch him get so excited 

about EVERYTHING

After the parade my brother Adam 

met up with us 

and we all took a short walk 

from our parade spot to the carnival

looked through all the booths and 

ate some carnival food for lunch

Cute little M kept trying to steal Adams chips

And Adam just loves him so he let him :)

They are great buddies

 Amanda, Emilee, Adam, Chris, Dad, Mom

(Ty, Maddux and the boys were playing off to the side)

Some of the clan eating some lunch

at the Park

Everyone was so into their conversations

my cute mom was the only one ready for the picture 

and so cute she is :)

We played a game and won some cute tiny water frogs

Each of the kids got one

and Ty won one for Maddux :)

This is my cute brother Zach he was very excited

Do you see how stink adorable those froggys are?!

We named ours pistencup (from cars)

(long story...but it is kinda after our nephew Max

that wanted us to name Maddux Pistencup)

And of course I got a glitter tattoo

Cute huh?!
I get an airbrush every carnival 

we go to

After some carnival fun

it was nap time

Maddux was up from 7 am 

(he usually doesn't wake up until 10)

to 2pm and he was exhausted!

1. He fell asleep in the car on the way to my parents

We tried to keep him up because he was poopy but

he was not having it he was soooo tired

So we took him out of the car

Stayed asleep (that never happens)
 2. brought him up stairs 

3. and changed his poopy diaper 

Stayed asleep the whole time

(never happens)

4. laid him down in the port-a-crib

and he slept until about 6ish

Maddux wasn't the only one exhausted 

:)

After some naps, and some preparing

it was time for our yummy 4th 

BBQ dinner

Delish right?!

Hamburgers, fruit, dip, pistachio salad 

(I will share that recipe on here soon)

potato salad and corn on the cob

with some festive cupcakes my mom made

of course :)

mmmm

not to mention my delicious 

pomegranate 7up 

in my red cup with my old fashioned

red and white paper straw :)

PERFECT 

I tell ya!

Maddux loved the food

but his favorite was the corn

And yes this was his very first 

corn on the cob experience 

and he was an absolute PRO at it

First he pretended it was a motorcycle

Like he does with everything 

using it as a throttle 

making the vroom vroom noise

He is such a BOY! 

haha

and then he took a bite and never

looked back 

Ahhh he is just so stinkin cute 

I could squish and kiss those little

cheeks all day long

oh wait!

I do!

I am so LUCKY!

After dinner  we got to see this cute face

and her brother

and mom and dad

My brother, sister in law,

Parker and Ella came over to hang out for a bit

they live in Cedar so we love to 

hang out and see them any chance we get

Ammon

After our tummies settled a bit 

it was time to swim

in the backyard

Maddux is so lucky he gets to 

swim at grandma and grandpas :)

He is so sweet in his little floaty tube

happy as can be

Zach

Emilee and Parker

My boys 

I think they were watching some fire crackers 

the neighbors were doing

Family swim

Yes I am using a kiddy pool as a 

floating device

haha 

don't dis it until you try it!

it was quite relaxing

well until I almost tipped over

and looked like a complete spaz in front of the 

whole fam trying to save my hair from getting wet

(I didn't want to have to redo it haha and we were

leaving for fireworks in like a half hour

you ladies understand right)

Hey but at least they all got a good laugh out of it

I have to admit it was pretty funny

Snuggling my sweet boy

Ulrich Family 

4th of July 2011

Then we were off to Layton Park 

for the firework show

We had saved a spot with our blankets and chairs 

when we were there earlier so we had a preemo 

and comfy spot

Maddux with his Aunt Manda

In his  new toy story jammies and all

We love FIREWORKS!

Cuz baby your a firework

Come on show em what you're worth

Make them go oh, oh, oh

As you shoot across the sky- eye -eye

 There's a little Katy Perry for us all to enjoy :)

Your welcome!

M playing his his aunt Em before the show started

He was having a blast

My little Maddux loved the fireworks!
He wasn't even a tiny bit scared
He kept clapping and pointing 
every time a new one came up

He watched some on mommy's lap
and some on daddy's
loving every second
I wish they could have lasted forever
for him!

I had so much fun watching him
What a fun, little
brave guy Ive got :)

My cute mom and dad

I love them so much!

Me and my honey!

We hope you all had a fun and safe 

fourth of July too!