Having fun on the 4th of July

This year for the 4th of July we went "camping" up to Henefer. When I say camping I mean sleeping in the trailer in aunt Maxine's back yard. But the kids didn't mind a bit. We went up on the 3rd with Nathan and Libby and boys to go fishing and 4-wheeling at the ranch. We caught (and released) several nice fish before we decided that it was just too blasted hot to stay up there any longer. Then we went back to Henefer and ate sandwiches at Maxine's house. While we were there some cousins brought Taffy the horse over and the kids got to ride her. Katy especially loved it, she was on that horse for the better part of the two days we were up there. She liked to ride the horse with no help from mom or dad. Her favorite thing was to trot around the pasture. Abby and Madelyn saw Katy riding by herself and they both wanted to be big girls and ride by themselves too. All the other kids got to ride Taffy too.


We also went up to the potato races and cheered for several cousins that were riding in the races. They all did well. We spent the fourth at the park there in Henefer listening to the music and watching the performers dance. Since Katy was turning 8 on Sunday I told her that she could get her ears pierced. We gave Collin's aunt Joan a call and asked if she had time to pierce Katy's ears and she said yes so we ran up and got that done. Katy sure was brave, she didn't even cry a bit. Then we drove up on the hill and watched the fireworks. Madelyn fell asleep before they were over. Saturday morning we packed up and drove back to Layton where we had a BBQ for Katy and Aless's birthdays. Sunday we went to Liz and Sage's church to see baby Lilly get blessed. Afterwords we went to Liz's house for yummy food and visiting. They kids love to play at Liz's house because she has the coolest back yard to play in. It was a wonderful weekend, busy but fun. I am glad to be back home now to take care of my yard and get ready for Katy's friend birthday party this weekend.

Katy Turns 8!

Katy had her 8th birthday on Sunday. We were able to have a family party for her on Saturday. She got roller skates, new clothes, and a beautiful dress for her baptism next month. She was also old enough to get her ears pierced. So Friday night we took her to get her ears pierced. She was very brave and didn't even get nervous. She said that it didn't hurt a bit. She got several new pairs of earrings for her birthday but she has to wait for two months before she can use them. But it will be right in time for the start of school. We are so proud of our sweet girl, she sure is growing up fast!