Happy 4th of July

We had a wonderful 4th of July. It was our first year taking in the Juneau parade and we weren't disappointed!

The parade started off with a bang for our two fire loving boys.



Here's Dane admiring all the fire trucks coming down the street. The fireman were handing out candy and t-shirts! Firefighter Cameron saw Dane and shouted to a fellow firefighter to make sure he got a t-shirt. I'm pretty sure Dane's milk jug air tank and helmet gave him away as the Monday Maintenance Check stalker. ;0
Both boys loved seeing the Coast Guard boat.


Jaeger got especially excited seeing this forklift in action.


And this was my favorite. Brought me back to my Grease Lightning days. ;)


After the parade, we played tourists and had lunch at one of our favorite restaurants - Pel' Meni. It's super sinful, but worth every last calorie. It only has one thing on the menu - a bowl of authentic homemade Russian dumplings, filled with either potato or sirloin. Dan has been trying to get me to try it for years and I finally caved about a year ago and I haven't looked back. Dan's about to dig in here in this picture.

We finished off our wonderful 4th by walking around looking at cruise ships, float planes and browsing in the shops.


We had a fabulous 4th! Hope you did too.

Here's what we were up to on 4th of July in 2010 and 2009! It's fun to see the changes in the boys. :)