This was a very special 4th of July for our country! Since we live basically in the nation's birthplace, people from ALL OVER came to Williamsburg to celebrate. That meant lots of crowds. We decided early on not to leave our neighborhood for the day so that we could really enjoy it without worrying about traffic and crowds. As special as all the celebrations were, our kids weren't super excited about being shoulder to shoulder with 70,000 strangers. We had never stayed in our neighborhood for the evening though so it was a new experience for us - and maybe the start of a new tradition!
We did a morning work out with friends:
Then it was off to the neighborhood bike parade! This is a very sweet tradition where the kids ride their bikes around the lake with a firetruck leading the way. Neighbors who aren't biking all come out and line the streets to watch!
Cousins came and biked in the parade with us!
From there we decided to head down to the marina.
It was SO hot though and then a thunderstorm rolled in.
We went to our neighborhood picnic at the pool after a break at home while it rained.
And then when the picnic ended, a group was heading down to the marina so we wandered down there. We had decided not to do any big fireworks shows this year due to the traffic, but we were pleasantly surprised that our neighbors shot off a few so we didn't miss out!
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