Happy Independence Day!!!

So I think after this post I will be caught up, maybe if I don't think of something else. We had a fun 4th. We went to our ward's annual scout breakfast. It's their fundraiser for all the stuff they do. I was $5 a person and boy was it worth it. It's not one of those cold cereal, danishes, bagels and juice kinda continental breakfasts, there were omelette's, french toast, pancakes, hash browns, fresh fruit, cinnamon rolls etc. It was wonderful. Billy and Alina came with us and talked us into going to the big Provo parade. I didn't really wanna go because of parking and walking five miles and then finding a spot to sit and watch as late as it was. Well Alina's sister and brother were saving them spots and so we decided since this was the last year we'd be here we'd give it a try. We found a parking spot about 5 blocks away and got there just in time to see the opening of the parade. It was really hot when we got there and were worried about getting burned and so we lathered everyone up and then about 20 minutes into the parade the clouds came in. It was awesome. The rest of the parade was mostly cloudy and every once in a while the sun would pop our for a couple of minutes and then hide again.

Billy and Malia enjoying the parade.

Micah swiping licorice that Alina's sister had brought.
Morgan taking pictures with Alina's camera phone.
McKenzie in Alina's big floppy hat, I think it looks pretty cute on her.
Later that afternoon our neighbors, the Dahmer's invited us to go to a park in Provo with a good slope to go slip-and-sliding. It was a lot of fun, even some of the parents went down the hill. When Micah would slow down, he'd start "swimming" the rest of the way.

McKenzie taking her turn down the hill.Don't even ask me what Morgan is doing. Spinning or something.Later that evening we were invited to go to Alina's parent's home to for dinner, Cafe' Rio style. Her aunt made some really good pulled pork that I am trying to get the recipe for. Malia being cute, climbing on her car seat.McKenzie throwing those popping firecrackers at Billy and Randy. The kids had fun with those, Micah tried to open his by himself right over Malia's head and dumped all the sawdust the was in the bag, all over her, it was great. Alina's family also bought a ton of 2 liter Coke bottles and a couple of cases of Mentos so we could make Coke Fountains. We all drilled holes all of the place and rigged it up so we wouldn't get sprayed when we put the mentos in. We had a couple of mishaps, that made everyone bust out laughing but for the most part, we stayed pretty clean.

After we left we went to the ridge in Orem to watch the fireworks that are set off at the Stadium of fire. Miley Cyrus and Blue Man group came and preformed for it. That would have been a fun one to see. The kids love Hannah Montana and Randy and I want to so badly see Blue Man group again. They are hysterical, if you ever have a chance to see them, take the opportunity.The next night we set off some really cheap fireworks for the kids because we didn't get to do any on the forth. We invited some of our neighbors, the Youell's and the Smith's to join us. The kids enjoyed it. Micah is the bottom left of the shot and has his ears covered, the other little boy with his ears covered is Alex. Every time we set another one off they would always cover their ears, even though they weren't noisy. There were only like 2 in the entire package that were loud. It was pretty cute. After we were done, we gave the kids each an otter pop, and they all said simultaneously "I'm thirsty." So we told them to get the hose. This is Morgan attempting to get a drink, not realizing the pressure behind the nozzle. She got pretty drenched.