Bradleys Meet World : 4TH OF JULY

Soooo I had all these fantasies about my cute family of 4 happily watching fireworks and Kai ooooh-ing and ahh-ing during them, but it turns out that he is TERRIFIED of them. On Saturday night (July 2nd) we were at a park and some people nearby started doing small fireworks, and he freaked out. He would not stop screaming and clinging on to me for dear life. Then real fireworks appeared in the sky and he was even more terrified. We had planned to watch them with my grandparents from the Provo temple lawns, but there was no way this kid would have been calm for even a second, so we drove home sad that it just wouldn't work out this time.

I wanted to prepare him to watch fireworks on the 4th without flipping out, so I kept showing him videos of fireworks on youtube saying "look, these are so cool! They're not scary!" Well that definitely didn't work because on the 4th he started screaming as soon as the first firework went off.

It was still fun though- we headed up to Heber city to hang out with Kolby's family and all the cousins, which is always a blast. I seriously lucked out with my in-laws- they are so much fun and I love spending time with them!

(Kai has 9 cousins, 8 of which are under the age of 5! We love it. And of course Kai is the only one crying in this pic...he seriously hates pictures and ALWAYS refuses to smile...ha)

We drove up to Provo falls near Kamas and all the kids had fun splashing around- it's a great place to take kids because they can actually play in the waterfalls and it's not too deep. Kai, of course was terrified of the water. He's kind of a little scaredy-cat! So far he's terrified of any and all water, including the beach, fireworks...loud sounds in general, like the blender...I sure love him though! I also love that he clings to me and runs straight to me for comfort.

After the falls we came home and grilled hotdogs and burgers. I think my favorite was when Kolby's family whipped out their very own homemade cherry cordial ice cream. The other night they made strawberry. It is to dieee for.

Kolby and I were really hoping to watch the fireworks since we have never spent a 4th of July together! Our first year when we were dating, he was on a river trip with his brothers. The next 2 years we were in Japan. Last summer I was in Texas at a Dashboard Confessional and Third Eye Blind concert. So we still haven't had a real fourth together! Oh well, maybe next year... :)

Here's some more pics from our first 4th as a family of 4.... !