The Hastings came down on Friday to stay over and we went to dinner with the Ensigns at Terra Mia. They gave it weak reviews. They said the pizza is comparably-priced with Colton's but not nearly as good. I agree. After dinner we finally broke in our fire pit (more accurately, a brazier) by roasting marshmallows and making s'mores. On the morning of the 4th we caught a bit of the balloon launch from the front yard, ate breakfast, the kids went to the parade, and Kris and I did laundry. I am not a fan of the parade as I have explained in previous posts. The afternoon was spent in Emily's pool. When everyone gathered around 5:00, we grilled and ate. The evening was filled with a tribute Michael Jackson by the binkers, traditional foot races, and a spririted game of red rover. Emily served delicious homemade ice cream with Kris's chocolate-chip bars and cookies. The jets flew over (one of my favorite bits) and Phillip and Emily provided pyrotechnics. It sounds exactly like last year and most years before, but obviously we love it that way - at least for the time being. One can never be sure when a new wrinkle will be inserted into long-standing tradition; ten years ago, the present tradition was non-existent.
Robert did the honors
Excellent fire, dude
S'mores coming right up
Clara and Anna enjoying the balloon launch
Pop Pop's pancakes and/or Grammy's sweet rollsdon't sound all that healthy, but they are good
Lucy, Anders, Tucker, and Clara ready for the Parade
They enjoyed the water
Patient Uncle Phillip tossed the cousins endlessly
The food included satay this year
Anders featured prominently in the MJ tribute, thoughhis costume was always somewhat of a mystery
The traditional foot races
Red rover, red rover, send Tucker right over
A great finish to a great dayWe missed Katy Kathryn who is in Houston, the Youngs who were in Arizona, and the Taylors who were in North Carolina. We hope everyone had a nice day.
OXO
D.
8 comments:
Looks fab-boo as always! Who is sitting by Ann in the satay pic?
Lover Anders costume! Hopefully we will join you all again next year!
That's Colton's mom, Sherry (sp.?).
Fun day! You're so fortunate to have so many grandkids so close!
P.S. The backyard looks great!
It was fun. A non-Provo fourth just isn't the fourth...so Maren I do hope you will be here next year, as I hope I will too.
looks like fun. and i promise i will post all our summer doings this week! we've been having a blast seeing my folks twice in 2 months!
It looks like great fun. Thanks for letting us keep your Katy Kathryn for the holiday. We just love having her here!
Thanks for the report. It makes me feel less cast off out here in the family diaspora.
Now that my exams are done, I'll be checking in regularly again.
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