Independence Day

We had a fun holiday weekend. We started celebrating on the 3rd by attending a free concert in the park put on by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra with our friends the Lawrences. They played all patriotic songs, which included "Battle Hymn of the Republic." I was surprised to hear a hymn in a non-church setting... especially in Denver. I really enjoyed the music, Sophie was a bit bored on the slow songs but danced to the songs with a beat. It was really great until it starting pouring rain. We ran under a tree and held the blanket over our heads. We left early so we could drop the Lawrences off at the airport. Sophie slept on her way home, you can't see it in the picture but she was drooling quite a bit. Oh and by the way, the thing on Sophie's head is my camera bag.

On the 4th we went swimming at our pool in the morning. Sophie has because quite the little fish and was excited to show off her new tricks to Dan. It was too hot to go out in the afternoon so we got things done around the house. We went to a park in the evening and had pizza. Sophie enjoyed playing in the sand with Dan. He would build little sand castles and she quickly smashed them. It was a lot of fun, just to spend time together as a family. We don't do that very often. Sorry the picture of us is so terrible, I should have checked it before I let Dan and Sophie go back to playing. I had just propped it up on the diaper bag and used the timer. Oh well, you get the idea!

Here are a few random pictures from the last week. Dan likes to do Sophie's hair in crazy ways in the bath. Sophie and I shared a blue Dum-Dum the in the morning and we enjoyed showing each other our blue tongues. This afternoon she pulled my clunky boots out of the closet. I put them on her and she laughed like crazy as she tried to walk around.