Friday, July 8, 2011

4th of July 2011

Utah Symphony and fireworks at Taylorsville Dayzz. It was a great family crowd, much different than the night before.



Funnel cake. Hey family, does funnel cake remind you of our vacation in Florida, where Eric consumed funnel cakes every day???






A little spin in the Viper. (No, this is not our car.) This is in Logan, the day after the Logan fireworks. It took us an hour and a half to go from Brian and Susan's to Mom and Dad's after the fireworks. The traffic was terrible.
















Back at our house and goofing off Sunday night.

















































On Monday Michael took the boys to Taylorsville Pool to give them a few pointers. They're both on the swim team this year. The place was nearly deserted. We had the place almost to ourselves.


















Eating popsicles and waiting for fireworks.










Zack's parents were in town. They came for several days and helped Marissa and Zack do "fixes" on their house.






































With the loosening of Utah laws this year regarding fireworks, I think the whole state went crazy. It literally sounded like a war zone every night for four nights. Standing in our driveway, you could see dozens of surrounding neighborhoods having firework parties. Our neighbor put on a two-hour display for a group of families, and another neighbor down the street was competing. It was great fun.






Wednesday, June 22, 2011

We walked around Gateway Mall, where they were having the chalk art festival. It was fun to watch the artists draw on the sidewalk with chalk. The pictures looked so real.

















Father's Day. We're taking care of my niece for a week. No, this isn't Marissa's or Gage's child, which some people asked. This week has been a reminder of the time it takes to care for a baby. Quinn and Alex are awesome helpers.



















Gage is in Phoenix this week training for his new job, and Emily is with her family for their annual Bear Lake vacation.















Quinn pulling Maddie in a box. Eric, Marissa, and Gage used to pull Quinn in a box. Quinn just turned fourteen yesterday. How could fourteen years have gone by?













Marissa is on the countdown for her last month of school and clinicals. Whew! Almost done.




Jay and Linda celebrated their 30th anniversary and had everyone over. The fact that they had another anniversary at all is a miracle, considering what Linda has been through.














We celebrated Michael's dad's 80th birthday two days before. I got no pictures. My camera died the second I turned it on!





















One more picture from Lagoon.