Freedom Fun

Hey. We have not told you yet what we were up to on the 4th of July weekend. Rather than escape the craziness here and flee into the mountains, we decided to stick around and see how much fun we could have in town. I would say that the weekend definitely exceeded our expectations.

We kicked off the long weekend Friday night by going to the Freedom Days downtown. The kids had a lot of fun

digging for treasures in the sand

(in the back of a truck)

jumping/sliding on inflatables

checking out a firetruck

and getting a tour of their awesome trailer

Don't ask me what's up with Noah's hair or clothes. Please.

We also watched an awesome animal show with humongous snakes, a little alligator, and many other reptiles. We ate decent food and enjoyed a warm summer night out.

On Saturday, we all got up bright and early. I went up to Scofield to check out the race course. The boys went to the Balloon Fest and Colonial Days.

After a nice little afternoon hike in Rock Canyon with Jen, Eric, and Rubie, we spent the evening swimming in a private pool, eating delicious ribs (my first ones ever!), sucking on popsicles while watching the sunset, and hanging out with friends. Thank you, Chris and Ammie!

We should have stayed to watch the fireworks, since we had the best view in the whole town. But we decided to go home and put the kids to bed instead. Luckily, the had no idea!

Sunday I had the pleasure to get together with my favorite high school friends and catch up on each others' lives. Then we were treated to a backyard party at Jake and Cyndi's house with lots of good food, great company, and many little friends for Noah and Max to run around with. Good times but no pictures!

Monday I celebrated my freedom by running in the Freedom Run 10k. You can go here if you want to know how it went. Then we endured (most of) the parade. In the afternoon we went to Karl's parents house for dinner, cousins, and games.

It was a fantastic weekend! We are planning on coming back for next year's festivities.