CELEBRATING THE 4th

John and I had a really fun holiday with the kids. Brandt and Soupie invited us over for dinner on the 3rd of July. Wow, what great turkey burgers Brandt made! The whole dinner was wonderful and it was so nice to spend some time with them. We missed Carlee, she was away for the evening. She is going to miss our Bear Lake trip too, but I know she will have a lot of fun with the young women at camp.

TAYLER LOVED THE FIREWORKS

On the 4th during the day, Larry had to go to work. Shannon and John worked on her kitchen, so I took the boys to the Murray Park Carnival. I think they had a lot of fun, I know I did watching them. They picked a ride that was a blast, they spun around till they were really dizzy. They played in a couple of bouncing houses. They loved the tug of war while the fire fighters sprayed them with water. They tried out hockey (ps mom, Dresden said he wants to play hockey.) They both scored very high, way to go boys.

DRESDEN & LOGAN LOVED THEIR TREATS

The evening of the 4th John and I enjoyed being with Natalie, Jay, Collin and Sydney. We had Kentucky Fried chicken, John bought some kettle corn and they also had snow cones. You'd think all that sugar would have kept the kids up all night, but by the time the fireworks started we had some tired children on our hands. They worked really hard at staying awake but it was worth it, the fireworks were spectacular. I think the kids had a lot of fun! I know we did! Thanks for the invitation.

NATALIE, COLLIN AND SYDNEY WATCHING THE FIREWORKS

A FOURTH OF JULY TO REMEMBER

My most memorable Independence day that I can remember was when I was flying to Rochester, New York to start my mission for the LDS church on the night of the 4th of July. It was very frightening to say the least. I was already scared and excited all in the same mixed emotions for my new adventure in life, but to have a night of complete terror on a flight that hit turbulence with lighting and thunder was a surprise. I remember seeing the flight attendant crawling on the floor trying to get our food trays back to their place on the plane. I don't know how long the storm lasted, but it felt like eternity, we were rocking and rolling! We had to fly into Syracuse and be bused back to Rochester. It was a long night but one that I will never forget. The Funny thing about this flight was that we were given a card board firecracker as a favor from the airline when we were served our dinner (you'd never see that today). We were all holding onto our firecrackers with fear and trembling. I can laugh about it now!