4th of July

The 4th of July was on Thursday this year.  Roy and Family were AZ and made their way to our house that day.  We had a fun day.  It started out with Bruce trying to fix my kitchen table leg.  He was drilling a piece of wood with a spear shaped wood bit and the wood slipped and got his hand.  Thankfully Bro. Crandell was home and 7 stitches and 30 minutes later we were on our way home.

 

Bruce and Roy (we are having camera issues and this camera take horrible pictures outside but it's all I have right now.)

 It rained and rained.

And hailed and hailed that day.  Holli and Shawn came right as the storm started for the weekend.  They sat in their car for the 1st 10 minutes after they got here and got sick of sitting so they made a run for it to he front door!

 Rhett and Jordan decided to play commando....not sure what brought that on.

 Sorry about the awful pictures.  This is the Saturday of the celebration of the 4th.  They were getting ready to shoot the anvil off - the really high one this time.

These cute boys did the flag raising for the program.  Gabe, Jordan, Dustin, Rhett and Noah

Here we are at the parade.  It was actually the best parade I have seen here since we have lived here.  We enjoyed it. 

We also LOVED the fireworks as we do every year!  And enjoyed the 75 other people we had at our house that night that came to enjoy them with us!  I love this holiday - especially it is fun to see the how patriotic this little town of Heber is!  So thankful for the freedoms we have and helps with all the rain we have received to make it even more beautiful!

Roundhouse

I was looking for a fun place to take the kids for a little vacation - pretty much to let the kids have some days of swimming.  I was checking the Internet and decided to check Groupon.  I ended up finding a great deal on a 2 bedroom cabin at the Roundhouse resort in Pinetop.  I was thinking the valley somewhere or something but decided this would be way better and closer.

The kids swam

 

 Played ping pong.

 Played volleyball

 Played at the little park place.

 Enjoyed the Jacuzzi tub! (and so did I)

 Ate

 Played Kindles

 Played games

 Slept

 Played miniature golf

and enjoyed ourselves.  It was a way fun close vacation.  There was plenty going on at the resort so we just stayed there the whole time playing.  It was very nice and relaxing!

Sisters Trip

This year we had a blast on our sisters trip1  We drove to Vegas and picked up LeAnne.  This was my first time experiencing Vegas.  I went there one other time for our half Marathon but we didn't do anything but drive up the strip because of time.  We stayed in the Stratosphere on the strip.  We rode the tower to the top.  It was way up there! Holli and Kelli at the top.

 

 Watching a water show at the Bellagio.  It was way cool but even cooler at night.

 The statue show in Caesars Palace.

 We were surprised at all the characters out for pictures that were waiting for tips.  This Mickey Mouse obviously didn't want his picture taken!

 Bellagio again - this time at night.  We walked and walked that night up and down and back and forth to try to see everything.  There was still tons we didn't get to see.  We got so sick of the sidewalks being packed with people and were pretty pooped so we called it a night.

 The next day I wanted to go to the M & M store.  I LOVED this store!  All suited up for the 3D show!

 LeAnne and I by the racecar.

 Never seen so many M&M's before in my life!  Never knew they had so many colors.

 After Vegas we went to St. George for a few days.  We watched Mulan at the Haefen Theater our first night there then the second night we watch Mary Poppins at Tuacahn.  It was awesome!!!  I have never seen such a great play - they even made it magical just like the movie!

That night my dad had some issues so we jumped in the car the next morning and headed for home.  It was a great trip!  Look forward to it every year!  Can't wait till next year!

Random

The kids have had a blast on the mule this summer.  Austin, Layton and Cayden came to play for a day and went for lots of rides.

 

 Not sure who took this picture or what is on Sammy but somebody thought it was important!

 The kids made things out of toothpicks and dots.  Here is Rhett's creation an M.

Rhett's Field Trip

I was a very lucky mama to get to go with Rhett on his field trip to Willow Springs Lake.  They went crawdad fishing.

 

 Rhett with friend Jordan eating lunch.

 Rhett man was the first to fall in.  He finally just put his shorts on and went in.

 This is a pretty picture Rhett took as we were walking out.

I am thankful I got to go with Rhett and spend the day with him!