4th of July!

Dear Kate and Riley,
Summer fun is in full swing around here. After our fun weekend at home with Dad we just had a few days until we headed of to St. George with the O'Farrells for the 4th of July.

We drove during the day and it went great, the boys did really well and we made good time. Zach was SOOOO excited to see his cousins although he didn't really get that we were staying in St. George since last time we just spent the night there. He kept asking when we were going to our cousins' house.

Despite the 103+ degree temps we managed to have a great time. Zach just loves every second with his cousins and it is so much fun to watch. I love hanging out with Dad's fam and being silly. I'm grateful that our introvert (Dad) and his pretty introverted siblings (for the most part) all married extroverts. Everyone got in on the fun and although I have no pictures to prove it, we played a great game of "Bum Charades". It is going to be a party game for some time to come I think!

Our drive home was pretty terrible since we hit quite a bit of holiday traffic. Guess it just meant that we should have stayed a few extra days!

This is going to be major picture overload!

Decker and Zach crashed

Brady getting ready for his first time in the pool!

First time in the pool!

Eating strawberries by the pool

Ready for fireworks!

Autumn and Maddie ready for fireworks!

Cute Myra

At least Zach isn't the only one obsessed with the "puzzle phone"

While waiting for fireworks we played a mean game of "Mrs. Sally Walker" it was a new one to me but brought me right back to my days of EFY

All the cousins minus Zach who was having a tantrum (are we really surprised?)

ALL the cousins plus me crouching down behind Autumn and holding Zach

There were like ten of these with Zach not looking until SMART aunt Stacy yelled, "Oh look! Lightening McQueen!" we know how to fool a 2 year old.

Don't you just want to eat those toes!? Brady does.

The babies are getting big!

Let the popper wars begin. Zach was INTO it this year

Cute Jake

FINALLY!!! All I wanted, both of my boys looking at the camera. Turns out poppers are a good bribe.

All the girls, very cooperative

All the boys, this time it was Jake's turn to have a tantrum

Sparklers!

Zach would only hold his sparkler by the ground. After a lot of encouragement he finally started waving it around, only to have it singe his hair! Guess we should have left him in "safety" mode!

Getting ready for our firework show "in the street" as Zach kept reminding us

On Monday we headed to the Washington City rec center which was REALLY cool, for all Zach knew we could have been at a full blown water park. He had a blast. The pool was actually indoor but all the walls opened. It was really nice to be out of the sun!

Sooo sleepy!

And really, the summer trips have just begun!

Love,
Mom