Our Soaking Wet July 4th

It rained like crazy this year on the morning of the 4th of July. There is a fun parade in Coralville and we decided to brave it, thinking it might be easier to find a spot on the parade route. It was still really busy though much to our surprise. Some of the parade entries had to change things up--the saddest to me was the Shriners who usually ride around on these awesome three wheelers. They just waved from a bus instead.

Here is a photo of our boys picking up candy that was streaming down the gutter. They ate soggy tootsie rolls for weeks.

Later that afternoon we had our first (and hopefully annual) July 4th barbeque at our house and then went to a fireworks show once it was dark. Fourth of July has treated us well in Iowa.