The Rickerson's: 4th of July

Friday, July 20, 2012

Celebrating Our Freedom 2012

Charlie and I were both off for 4th of July this year, so we had our family come over for breakfast and enjoy the neighborhood parade. We went to the Little Forest Hills 4th of July Parade with The Coats last year and thought it would be fun to go again!

So I looked up the parade route online and saw the cross streets that the parade was starting at, which were the same as last year. So we decided to go to the end of the street and we would see the parade when it goes by. Well after walking all around the neighborhood apparently the parade went the opposite direction this year :(. So we ended up missing the parade and getting in a little workout instead, ha ha. Sorry guys! Once we got back to our house it was time for breakfast!

Looking for the parade…

The delicious fruit pie that my mom made!

Emma’s 1st 4th of July! I could not resist buying her these little bows, ha ha!

We also got to celebrate with our community group! It was fun to see our CG since we are on a break for the summer. The Sweny’s had all of us over to the their house for dinner.

Sawyer was looking precious in her 4th of July outfit! Casey can’t pull it off as well, ha ha.

Some of our CG..The Coats, The A-Ricks, The DuPonts, and The Swenys

We also enjoyed watching fireworks in Rockwall with The Coats. We are so thankful for our freedom and the time that we get to spend with our family & friends!

Monday, August 16, 2010

Summer Vacations 4

San Francisco Trip: Part 4 Independence Day In SF

Fun 4th of July hats from Karol Anne!

Our 4th of July started off with breakfast at Chloe’s. It was a tiny restaurant but the food was really good. We ate breakfast outside along the sidewalk.

After breakfast we headed to our next scheduled event…Alcatraz! We took the ferry over to Alcatraz Island and did the audio tour. The audio tour was better than I thought it would be. It was interesting because it was narrated by some of the guards and prisoners that were at Alcatraz. 174

After Alcatraz we headed to Ghirardelli for a late lunch (AKA dessert)

On The Embarcadero, the streets were closed and were packed with people! After a 2 hour wait, we had dinner at The Crab House at Pier 39 and watched fireworks. The fog rolled in right before the fireworks :( 182

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Since there was no public transportation due to the roads being closed, we had to make the hike back to our hotel. That was a workout!Day #3 in San Francisco was the day of tours! We started of with the Downtown Double Decker Bus Tour.