We had a really fun 4th of July this year! It all started on July 3rd, with the Brentwood Street Fair. It was our first year making it up to the fair, and our first time witnessing area firefighters participating in the Battle of the Barrel. Fire companies from around Pittsburgh compete in this 'battle' where they spray a suspended barrel with water from their fire hoses.
On the 4th, we woke up and got ready for the Brentwood 4th of July Parade. We have gone every year since Jocelyn has been born, and it really is a great parade! This year we watched the parade from a friend's house who lives right along the parade route. This was nice because the girls had a place/people to play with when they got tired of watching the parade, and there was a pot luck lunch afterwards! It was a fun morning!
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| Governor Corbett was even there. |
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| Meme and Papa were there too! |
After the parade, we went home and cooled off a little bit before heading to Jimmy and Colleen's house for a cookout. It was a fun evening, with plenty of Badminton. Todd and I won the tournament! :)
When it started to get dark we left Jimmy and Colleen's to try to make it back to Brentwood for fireworks. Unfortunately, Brentwood started their fireworks almost 30 minutes earlier than scheduled and we missed them. It was a pretty bug bummer for all of us. Luckily, we had already went to a fireworks display in Crafton the previous weekend, and even more luckily, we had some left over fireworks from last year and Todd put on his own little fireworks display. At least it was something!
It turned out to be a great 4th of July full of family fun!
