24th of July

I'm so sad that all the summer holidays are over.  I look forward to this time of year every year, but at least we made the best of all my favorite holidays this year.  The 24th of July landed on a Thursday this year, so we had a long weekend to celebrate it. 

On the 24th of July morning, Casey and Mason woke up early to run another 5K.  This 5K was in Provo and it was called the Temple to Temple run.  They ran from one temple in Provo to the other temple in Provo.  Casey pushed Mason in a stroller, Ry pushed Mabel, Will and Cait pushed Isaac, and Phil and Shauna ran.  Everyone had a great time and did a great job!!

That evening Amy and Jared invited everyone over for a 24th of July BBQ and fireworks.  We had a delicious dinner and a fantastic firework show.  The firework show was even better then the Stadium of Fire firework show.  The grand finale was a pallet full of fireworks that Jared had wired all together so they would go off one after another.  We were all a little nervous because of what has happened in previous years, but it went off without a glitch.  After the firework show was over I looked at Mason and Tanner and they had both fallen asleep.  Tanner on my grandma's lap and Mason on my mom's lap. 

We had such a fun time celebrating the 24th of July on Thursday, but our celebrating didn't end there.  Casey had Friday off work so we decided to head to the pool.  After a late night the night before, all the kids were a little groggy at the pool so we didn't stay long.  We came home and put Mason and Tanner down for naps.  That night Amy and Jared invited our little family to the lake.  The water was a little choppy, so we spent the night boating around Deer Creek then ate dinner out on the lake.  After dinner Casey got in the water and Mason followed in right after him.  We had such a fun time boating with the Hess family and we are looking forward to when we get to go again. 

We continued our celebrating through out Saturday as well.  Mom and dad's ward threw a 24th of July party at the park.  Dad got his friend, Russ, to bring his horses and wagon for people to ride in.  Casey and I decided to take Mason and Tanner to their ward party so they could ride in the wagon.  We rode around once in the wagon then Mason wanted to go again so I went with him again and we got to sit up front.  Mason loved every minute of it. 

That evening our little family went to Springville to attend the Mecham family reunion.  Casey's mom and dad had it at their house in their backyard.  We had so much fun playing games, eating dinner, and breaking the pinata. 

Isaac, Tanner, and Casey's cousins' baby

The family reunion ended our weekend fun full of celebrating the 24th of July.  We had a great time and we are already looking forward to celebrating again next year.