Fourth of July Tradition!

At our NEW dining room table, we do a "beta test" with Beth on Taylor's new Berglund Family Trivial Pursuit game.

One of our favorite families, The Toeller's joined us for the festivities!

Eileen snags some red, white and blue beads from the parade people!


The Fourth of July celebration is big for us berglunds! Every year we have several traditions that we uphold. The first one is "the purchasing of candy!!!!!". July 3rd the kids get to pick out candy that they will be able to eat throughout the 4th. While this may not seem like a big deal for the average kid, our kids only get candy this ONE DAY of the year. (Well, now that they are a bit older, they are getting a piece here and there, but still pretty much- THIS DAY is it!)

We also send Mike (and sometimes Taylor) down to the parade route EARLYYYYY in the morning to stake out a spot for us all. People start to gather at 2 a.m. to get a curb side spot. Mike doesn't go until 5a.m. (we're not THAT crazy!) but still God blesses us each year with a "miracle" spot.

This year we had a special treat (no pun intended) as Mike's sister Beth came to visit us for the day. We did a trial run of Taylor's "Berglund family Trivial Pursuit" and laughed SO HARD I think all of us thought we might just pass out! We look forward to the upcoming reunion to play it with the whole family.