4th of July!

Yeah, it has been a while but Davin was with my parents again while I spent the week at Girl's Camp and Nicc worked like crazy to rip out some old sheetrock, replace it, tape, texture, prime, and paint! Yeah, I am pretty sure I got the better end of that deal! We picked Davin up in Jackson on the 3rd and spent the rest of the day watching Scotty play baseball!

We kind of like to hang around here for the 4th! Davin woke up first thing and reminded us that we told him we would go get fireworks. After stalling him until the stores open Nicc took him to get some fireworks, pretty simple--fire crackers, bottle rockets, and snap and pops, but boy, that little boy was in heaven! I am sure there is not a boy under the sun that is not simply amazed with fireworks! We spent some time that morning doing snap-and-pops.

Then we decided to take the 4-wheeler up the canyon for a picnic--apparantly we were not the only ones! We still had a good time and Davin loves the fact that he can throw rocks in the creek up there.




We got back down just in time to head to the parade--pretty good for a non-election year! Davin was all about the oohs and aahs and was so good to put his hand on his heart when the flag went by! He loved the horses and by the time everything came back up our side of the street he was really catching on to the whole candy bit--he was even a good sharer with those around him! I was so touched after the parade when a service man was standing just a few people down from us and kids from all over, without parent urging, were running over and offering this man a piece of candy. Quite a simple act in their minds I am sure but it brought tears to my eyes and reallyhelped me to remember how much we should be grateful for their service.



After the parade we all crashed and got a good nap in before the Ranch rodeo and fireworks. We even had a little bit of time to sneak in some more fireworks--bottle rockets this time! Davin was VERY impressed!

Yes, that would be a 2 year old lighting the bottlerocket by HIMSELF! I am surprised no one turned us in!


I just love this picture!

We enjoy going to the ranch rodeo because it is a little more laid back that a PRCA rodeo. Davin was pumped to wear his cowboy boots. He was really into the rodeo, and actually watched a good chunk of it until he came up to us and said he needed lunch. We reminded him that we had in fact eaten lunch AND dinner so he shouldn't be hungry. He then said, "There is a lunch station downstairs!" Yep, a lunch station! When Nicc asked him what the lunch station had he replied, "Uh, French Fries, do you think we need some?" After that we buckled and bought the boy some french fries!After the rodeo the city does some fireworks. It was nice! Just as they started the fireworks it started to drizzle and Davin, who hates the rain, kept telling us he loves the sprinkles on his head. I think he was afraid we would make him go inside. We got a kick out of the fireworks and those sitting around us probably got the best commentary ever by a 2 year old: "Wow, that one is green AND red." "Did you see those sparkly ones?" "Those are my favorites!" "Ah mom, you missed that one. (I really didn't) and of course, LOTS of OOHs, and AAHs! About halfway through a pretty good lightning storm started up off the the west, a perfect backdrop to the fireworks! I was simply amazed and kept thinking of them as Heavenly Father's fireworks! How lucky we truly are to live in a free land! The fireworks ended just as it really started to rain! We ran, not to our car, but the 4-wheeler we drove over there. Thank goodness for us the fairgrounds are only 4 blocks from home, but still we were pretty wet by the time we got there! All in all we had a pretty darn good 4th of July!!!