4th of July

For the last couple of years, I have spent the 4th of July in Flagstaff.  It was always a great time of the year to get out of the heat and with school being out, it was a good time for me to see my sister.  Last year when Anthony I and went up, we watched part of the parade that goes through downtown and loved it...it really has a small town feel with all the families lining the streets decked out in the red, white, and blue.  So, we decided to head up to Flagstaff again this year. 

Because the dogs have been couped up in the house due to the heat, we thought we'd make a little family trip out of it.  The girls were very well behaved for the whole weekend and we felt good about letting them out and about.  We are going to try to make it a family tradition to go every year, but I think with a little one next year we are going to have our hands full and might not be able to take the dogs.

In addition to getting some much needed outdoor time, we got to visit with Laci a little even with her busy schedule of 3 jobs!  We had dinner with her and Ian and Oreganos on Sunday night and we had lunch with her at Diablo Burger (my fav!) before heading back to town.  It was the perfect little get away!