4th of July Weekend...

I'm trying to remember all we did over the 4th weekend. The fireworks here were on the 3rd, so we went up and watched them at the same spot we went last year...up on the lawn in front of Aggie Ice Cream.
A perfect view again...

 It was just the 4 of us this year. The boys ate their ice cream then played with glow bracelets for about an hour before the fireworks finally started.

 I never get sick of watching fireworks :) 

 Friday we got up and got a few things done, then got ready and went out to the parade in Hyrum at noon. Ashton and Gunnar were excited to bring their new little neighbor friend Bridger with them and we sat with his Mom and sisters.

 It was hot, but always fun to see the boys get excited at a parade. And surprisingly easy to get them to forget all about the candy when we get home!
We pretty much hung out at home the rest of that day, then Lars and the boys set off lots of fireworks that night out in front of our house. I watched and did a couple sparklers...

Even Shockey got in on the action :) 

 Saturday was one of the funnest days of our summer so far.
 We got tickets for a play over at Pickleville Playhouse in Bear Lake and went over to the show at 1:00, then spent a couple hours playing on the beach.
We stopped at the overlook on the way over and ate got to Pickleville a little before the show started.

We watched Bandito Rides Again.

 I don't think any of us had laughed that hard in a long time...what a fun play! It was hilarious and so well written and acted out. Loved everything about it!
The boys have already been begging to go back and see it again.

Then we drove over to the west side of the lake and found a little spot with mostly rocks, but a little sand and the boys played for a couple hours.

Then we packed up and headed home and that night we did our neighborhood fireworks.

Sunday after church we pretty much stayed home all day I think...
We love the 4th of July!


Weekend in Wyoming...

Right after Ashton got home from his scout day camp, he and Gunnar and I took off and went to Grandma & Grandpa Harry's house for the weekend.

We got there about 6:00 or 6:30 that night and stayed till Sunday morning.

We mostly just hung out at the house and went for a fun hike up in the Uintas on Saturday.

We drove about 30 miles, then got out and did the hike to Ruth Lake. It is beautiful up there. So other than Ashton not feeling very good and complaining the whole way up, it was fun. According to Kelli's watch...we did 2.6 miles I think.

 It was fun to get out.
After we got back to the house Ashton still kept saying his stomach and head hurt, then he ended up going downstairs and falling asleep for a couple hours which NEVER happens...so I knew he must not have felt too good. So Grandpa Harry stayed home with him and Gunnar while the rest of us went to church. Luckily he felt a lot better when we got home.

Lars was gone fishing Friday night and Saturday, so we saw him when we got home on Sunday a little after noon.
I feel bad...the boys are starting to get car sick sometimes and Gunnar was feeling pretty miserable on the ride home through the canyon. I pulled over once because he thought he was going to throw up, but he didn't. He fell asleep after that.
Anyway it was nice to make a trip to Wyoming and the weather was actually really nice :)

More pictures I've taken recently...

I took these pictures for a friend a couple weeks ago. I love the bright colors!