Castle Pines 4th of July Parade

We were in town for Independence Day this year. The girls got together with a few neighbors to decorates bikes and scooters. the day prior.

On Tuesday morning we set out for the bike parade. Kiersten is still afraid to get back on her bike after breaking her arm, so she opted to ride her scooter with Evie. 

We just had to walk about 6 houses up to the cul-de-sac where the parade begins. 

All of the kids were excited and ready to go. 

They really like seeing the fire truck and police vehicles. 

They all followed the fire truck up to the pool. It was quite a warm day and everyone got nice and sticky. 

We went home to get our dish ready to share and change into our bathing suits. We let Kara and Kiersten stay up at the pool since they had worn their bathing suits. Right when we got back to the pool, Kara and Kiersten were participating in a swim relay. Everyone was anxiously telling me that I missed my kickboard relay. I was not worried about it. Someone else swam in my place, and I didn't even sign up for it. The girls must have signed up for me. 

The kids were split into age groups for the money dive. 

Evie got a handful of quarters and Kiersten got none. Luckily, a very nice neighbor boy gave him some of his quarters, and that was almost as good as finding them herself. 

Kara dove with the big kids and had no problem finding quarters. She shared with Kiersten as well. 

We went to see fireworks, but I didn't take any pictures. It was dark, haha!
The girls wanted to go to the North Pointe water park that weekend, so we took them there for a few hours. These days they spend most of their time in the deep pool on the diving board, rock wall, and rope swing. 

Kiersten got her cast off in time to play in one last softball game with her team. She was nervous to be back but did perfectly well.