July 4th at the park...

We usually go to a free event at a local church for awesome 4th of July festivities, but we missed it this year because the bulk of the stuff was happening when it was about 100 degrees that day. So when the guys got up from their naps we went over to the Broomfield Commons (local park) and took advantage of the free petting zoo and the throngs of people at no extra charge. (This was my dad's worst nightmare: TONS of people, kids everywhere and animals to smell and touch...all for free.)

But if you're not willing to deal with some throngs and some smells and some hassles (let's be honest), you miss things like this : Do you see Gage pointing to the goat? It was just as adorable as it appears right here.

That's Gavin in the yellow shirt, petting the llama.

One of our favorite Gage sound effects is his duck quack, so I can only imagine that that was out in full force when he saw this goose up close and personal.

That's Gavin in the yellow shirt, doing somersaults down the hill. I remember when he started doing those, even before he was enrolled in the gymnastics class, and he was so proud of himself. I thought that I would show Gage how to do one in his room the other day, and I nearly lost my lunch trying to show my youngest son my "skills"...couldn't really believe that I used to enjoy doing those. It made me totally dizzy, so I'll just let Gavin do the somersaults from now on.