It is a little strange posting about the 4th of July when I am currently getting ready for Christmas, but I am still doing my best to catch up on this here blog. One of my favorite traditions that our family does is our annual Fourth of July pancake breakfast.
Warning: tons of pictures!
Drink station
I attempted to make fireworks for about our buffet.
The kids loved eating the gumballs form our centerpiece as we were doing the races.
Fruit kabobs.
Our pancake cookers.
I saw this idea on pinterest to attach the silverware and napkins to the plates with ribbon. I thought it was such a good idea! Just punch some holes in the plates and tie a ribbon through and around your silverware bundle.
Our tradition is to do races after breakfast. This tradition comes from when I was growing up. The ward that we were in always did a 4th of July breakfast and races and I loved it, so I wanted to carry on the tradition with my own kids and family.
Josh always makes up the craziest obstacle courses. I think they are the highlight of the races.
McKay even got into the spirit of things.
No 4th of July race would be complete without gunny sack races!
My parents even raced this year. That was a definite highlight!
The older "kids" always do a couple races as well.
My brother Steve attempted the races with Palmer on his back... :)
This is serious business.
Three legged races.
After the races are over we always decorate bikes and then have a parade (just like I did when I was young).
All ready for the parade.
And they are off.
Palmer is so cute with babies. He is always wanting to hold them. I love that about him.
My brother Mark's birthday is on the 5th of July so we celebrated it with singing and cake.
It was such a fun year.
Here are some links for the pancake breakfasts from the past 2 years.
2010
2011
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