July 4th on the Mall

Hello Friends and Family!

We have been meaning to update our blog forever! So, don't mind if there are few different posts with different pics on each one.

As most of you know, Isaac celebrated his 26th birthday on the National Mall this year - for the first time! We left Lorton at about 11 am and the fireworks didn't start until 9:11 pm. Needless to say, I thought that Isaac would go out of his mind with boredom. Isaac relax and read a book!? Hardly. It was a very hot and humid day, and there was security everywhere! We had to walk about 10 blocks from our car to the Licoln Memorial where we saved terrific seats.

In the afternoon it rained a TON! It was really lucky that Quinn and Courtney bought a huge tarp (30' x 18') before they left Provo! We all huddled under that tarp like a tent and we all stayed pretty dry. When the rain stopped and we all emerged from under our shelter another family was like. "Whoa, I didn't know there were so many people under there!". Needless to say, people here are not accustomed to our large Mormon sized families.

When the fireworks finally started Isaac was amazed. I wish that we could have caught some of the show, but even then, it cannot acurately capture how amazing it is. There were ducks in the reflecting pond (it is between the Washington and Licoln Memorials) and they all huddled in the middle of the pond for cover and some even flew away confusedly during particularly spectacular displays. All in all, I think that Isaac won't forget his birthday fireworks this year!