Fourth of July

We went to Richfield for the 4th of July. Josh had lots of fun going on wagon rides, playing with the dog, and playing with Landon. We saw lots of our friends and enjoyed being with family. Josh loved the fireworks on the night of the fourth. He kept oohing, awing, and clapping through the whole production.



Below are two pictures of the hot air balloon festival that they do in Provo over the 4th of July. Jaquel was staying with us for a few days, and that's her with Cliff and Josh . There are about 20 hot air balloons that all inflate and then they take off. They have a competition to see who can land back at the same field and then they try to pop smaller balloons that are in the sky. Our favorite balloon was the piggy bank, which you can see in both pictures. It was an early morning for us, especially Josh as we woke him up at 6:00 am and dragged him with us, but we were all glad that we went and had a great time!
Josh fell asleep during the parade in Richfield on the 4th. Doesn't that look comfortable! The other picture is during the children's parade. I'm pulling the wagon, which Landon and our friend Kayson is riding in. Andrew is carrying Josh because Kayson was too tired to walk. By the time we made it to the park, Kayson was asleep. We had a lot of tired little boys!

Family Fun at the Whatcott Reunion

Last weekend we went to the Whatcott Family Reunion. It was up Kanosh Canyon and we had a great time! Josh absolutely loved his cousin's wagon. He grinned, clapped, waved, and rocked the whole time he was riding in it! Cliff had fun at the skeet shoot and I enjoyed the washer tournament! It's a really fun game that's like a bean bag toss, but you throw washers and try to throw them into one of three holes. I don't think you can practice and get any better at it, so hopefully next year we will have more luck on our side! We had a great time visiting with all the family and being with everyone!

Concert Time

One of Josh's favorite things to do is to serenade us on the piano. He walks up and down the piano playing all the keys. He loves the noise that it make. After he's finished, he will always look to get applause. Then he grins! I love it!

Memorial Day at Lake Powell

We went to Lake Powell for Memorial Day
weekend. We had a great time! The first picture was taken in front of the dam. It is really amazing to see. It's huge and would have to be very strong to hold all that water in Lake Powell.
They said the lake is rising 10 inches a day! That's a lot of water! The other pictures were on our boat rides up some canyons. The canyons were beautiful and the red cliffs seemed to tower over us. Notice that everyone is wearing a hoodie! It was really cold the whole weekend. Only four people out of eleven got in the water the whole time we were there. The sun was hidden all weekend and it rained part of the time. But we had a great time playing games, watching movies, and just being together!