Fourth of July

I was so excited when I found out that my kids and I would spend the Fourth of July in Blanding. There is nothing quite like Blanding, Utah on the Fourth of July. I have many fun memories growing-up of trips to Blanding.

We arrived in Blanding on the 2nd, in the afternoon. Most of the celebrations were to take place the following day.

We had a yummy dinner. After dinner, the kids went out to have snow cones outside. The kids were in heaven playing with cousins on the tramp, swings, merry-go-round and all the other fun things to do at Aunt Julene's house. The kids below are playing Dead Man, Dead Man.Later in the evening, we went to the Blanding Pool (which also holds lots of fun memories). We had a great time even though the water was freezing!! Thank goodness I had Papa there to help. Also, thanks to Lissa for letting us borrow some of her fun toys.The next day, was the third. Millie and I woke up and ran the 5K with some family members (Lisa, Lana, Lance and Kenneth and many other extended family members). I was okay with my time. I hadn't been running as much as I should have been, but still ended up below 30 minutes with a time of 29:37.

Next, we took the kids to the 4th of July Parade. Lissa let us borrow her nail polish and we painted Emmy's nails red, white and blue. The kids looked so cuteJane, Emma, Ben, Hyrum and Emmy Christian, Jane, Emmy, Emma, Jenna Waiting for the Parade to Begin

Lovin' the Candy

Towards the end of the parade, the kids started to get hot. After the parade, we went back to Aunt Julene's house to play.My parents took the twins to the money dive at the pool before they took them back to the hotel for a nap.

Hyrum and I went to the horse races. It was his idea. He liked watching for awhile, especially since there was a kid riding named Hyrum. However, I think he thought the races would be different.

We went back to Julene's house had dinner and decided to go fishing. We had such a great time. I will make a special post just for fishing later.

We came home from fishing just in time to head off to watch the fireworks. The kids loved the fun glow in the dark things they were given from Karen and Allen. Emmy once again perched herself on Grandma-Great's lap. Hyrum loved snuggling with Millie. Ben loved being silly with his Papa. The firework show was amazing! It was such a fun day. We went back to the hotel and crashed.

On the way back to my parent's house, we stopped to hike up to the hole in the rock. Hyrum saw how cool it was on the way down to Blanding and asked to hike it. Papa promised him that he would stop on the way home. I didn't go up all the way. I wasn't feeling good and I was in a dress and flip-flops. I decided that next time we need to climb the side with the stairs.

It was such a fun trip. I was so glad that we were able to have a vacation on a vacation. Thank you again to my parents to Julene for having us!