Fourth of July

For the Fourth this year, we went camping...in Dustin's dad's backyard. It counts, right? They are going to be moving far away at the end of the month, so we had to take advantage of the big yard before they left. Here's Macie helping Dustin set up our tent when we got there.

On Saturday, their neighbor was nice enough to let us use this blowup toy. Thanks neighbor! It took awhile for the kids to get warmed up to it, but they sure had fun all day. It was Macie, Noah, and their two second cousins, Anna and Kade. Four kids. And one was like eight months old. :) It was fun.

Macie and Anna were basically inseperable for the whole weekend.Twinners. Their Christmas gifts from last year. Matching jammie pants and they both got sweaters.Riding in a sled behind the lawn mower. Noah hanging out by daddy.

Macie was asleep for fireworks. We went next door to the nice neighbor's house and joined them for fireworks.

We decided to take a drive up Providence Canyon. We wanted to hike up to this waterfall we've been to before, but the road was closed before we could get close. Flooding. We walked up a little ways, and you could see why. This is usually a pretty small stream, but it was quite high and fast. You can see in this picture the water undercutting this tree. The roots are all hanging down. It was crazy! This is the canyon we went up to go snowmobiling not too long ago for our anniversary.
This is looking back towards our car. See how much of the road was taken out? That entire bank on the left of the picture was cut from the flooding. This isn't the regular riverbed.

This tunnel thing usually takes the water under the road. Now we know why the road was closed. No getting across this.

If you look at the right side of this picture you can see where the usual riverbed is. Where the water is running is the newly cut riverbed. :)

We went climbing up Logan Canyon while we were there. Here's Dustin's dad.
Noah playing by the car. He was loving the car.
Hallie.
Hayden in cowboy boots.Hayden barefoot. :)It was such a fun weekend, but like most long trips, it was nice getting home and now we can work on getting back on schedule. Here are my kids enjoying a nice cuddle at home. :) Hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend!