Instead of boring you with all the details of the 24th of July I thought I'd just do it in pictures.
Porter is waiting for the Parade to start so he can see Payton on the float.
Payton in his Pioneer "Costume"
Playing Pioneer Games at the Washington Park.
Someone at the booths let the boys hammer nails into a board without having to give any tickets.
After the fun in Washington we headed up to Enterprise for races, playing in the water and a BBQ. After the Enterprise races they have the fire department throw money donations into a large man made pool where the kids find as much money as they can. The older they get the more the firefighters spray them with the hoses. They sure can blast the heck out of the 14 year old and up kids.
Payton and Porter waiting for their chance for a cool swim.
The water was nice and calm when they first got in, but after a quick squirt from the firemen's hose Porter was done.
Payton actually found $3.50 in change. He was one happy boy!
This year for the 4th of July we decided to cool it down a bit and travel to the mountains. We spent Friday evening fishing at Navajo where I totally skunked the rest of the family with my four whoppin' fish (ok so they were just planters but I was the only one to catch any). Then we went to "the 40" on Cedar Mountain for the Esplin reunion (my mom's family). We had a great dinner with dutch oven potatoes, homemade root beer...the works! It's been several SEVERAL years since we all got together and all my cousins kids are HUGE so it was good to get re-acquainted again. After that we drove to Hatch to spend the night with Cheri's family in the "Hatch House"--that's my grandma Turek's house that we've kept since she passed away. The next morning Todd went fishing with Cheri's hubby and the rest of us slept in until about 9 then we gradually stirred so we could see the parade and festivities by 10. We at least made it to the park for the races and games--missed the parade. The kids loved to run and they even had a fun sack race for the kids. After that there was a fish pond, bean bag toss, car race, dunking booth, ring toss, ball throw and face painting to enjoy. It rained off and on through the day but it felt soooo nice and cool but not too cold! It was awesome! We headed back to the house and played games, flew kites, ate lunch on a stick (watermelon, strawberry's, cantaloupe, grapes, lunch meat, cheese...you name it we put in on a stick to eat), rode 4wheelers and then had dinner and watched fireworks by the river. Yes, the husbands made it back in time for fireworks which was a good thing because when the fireworks were over and we were starting the cars to go back home Cheri's vehicle wouldn't start. Thank heaven's for jumper cables. We came home 30 minutes before we had to be to church Sunday afternoon but it was a WONDERFUL weekend! I hope it's one my kids will love and remember. 
