Centerville Festivities 2011

Riley's family has a tradition for the 4th of July that they've been doing for many, many years. Their whole family gathers together the night before the Centerville parade and sleeps out in their backyard, along with their family friends the Bangerter's. After work on Friday, Riley and I headed up to tour around the carnival and see the fireworks show! We had lots of fun playing with our nieces and nephews and being with his family. I'm not all about sleeping in their backyard....along with the bajillions of mosquitoes and a bunch of little kids...so we stayed around until everyone started heading to bed and went home. I slept in my own bed, enjoyed my A/C, took a hot shower in the morning and went back in time for the parade :) We got front row seats next to all the small children and enjoyed all the candy they gathered. It definitely pays to have a bunch of cute kids right next to you when they're throwing out the goods!