Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Fourth of July Fun

Before I begin with our activties for the 4th of July, I need to deliver some crazy news. Cedar City has a Beach! Yep, thats right......Forget St. Thomas (angie), forget Kauai (ashley), forget Maui (sharla), forget even the beach of Tibble Fork (sydna).....you have not lived until you've felt the grainy sand between your toes at the Beach on the Leigh Hill!!! The proof is in the picture...

Now, on to the fourth. I love going to Cedar for the 4th of July. So many fun memories during that time in Cedar City. Its fun to watch my girls experience those same traditions. We had tons of fun with family at Grandma's house, the parade, the festival at the park, and now the Beach. I'm still in shock about that last one. You gotta see it to believe it....


Jay Ray strikin' a pose. I think he actually may be tooting in this photo. Poor Sheri

Megs and Trey enjoying the barbecue

The older kids got the best seat in the house for the dinner.

Nate and Alisha put on a great Barbecue for all of us. I'm still thinking of that yummy pink salad with Marshmellows. It was a hit.

The newest member of the Triple Deuce Artilary Battalion. Trev just returned from AIT training and told us some fun stories from Boot Camp.

Ole' Crusher Himself enjoying the Barbecue. (See Sharla's Blog for explanation)



Sleeping at Grandma's with all the cousins is like one big slumber party. Lots of fun.

Here we are all lined up for the big parade on the 4th.

Main Street in Cedar City


We love to go to the park after the parade and the first place we hit is the "Fishing Pond"

My favorite 5 women in the world. Megan Fox comes in a close 6th. Oh wait, my mom takes the 6th spot....Megan comes in a close 7th. (I'm just joking Donna, tee hee)

The fourth of july wouldn't be complete without cotton candy.

That stuff is so dang hard to eat. But its so fun to try!

We ran into Huddy and Amalia working the Cotton Candy booth at the park. Huddy was covered in fluffy pink strands of cotton candy. Amalia kept saying he was extra sweet for her!

We painted Kortney's chubby toes red for the fourth.

And by the end of the day, this is how it ended. Nicole passed out in the Middle of eating one of her parade candies. I guess thats why they call them 'Now and Laters'! Look at those Rosy Candy Lips. Classic!