24th of July...Happy Pioneer Day!

Here we are at the Parade! This is the only thing that Vernal does to celebrate anymore....kinda sad, huh? We were hoping for something fun for the Kids to do. Nate had to work at the BLM, it wasn't a federal holiday so he doesn't get it off. So Corbin and Aidan and I took a picnic and went to the Splash Park and had a fun day playing in the water! Later we made our own pizza and lit off the rest of our fireworks that were left over from the 4th. It was a fun day, but I couldn't help remember all the fun things we did as kids and the big town celebrates we went to wether at home in Bear River or visiting Escalante. I want my kids to experience more of those things before they get too big to care.

Here are my cute little Sun Surfers soaking it up and having a picnic. They love picnics! Sometimes we have them on rainy days on our living room floor and sometimes we just go to our park and use the picnic tables.

Corbin's favorite thing at the Splash Park is the Dragon squirters. You can aim them and have a water fight with them. He spends most of his time getting hit by these and attempting to hit someone else. Corbin loves the water and is usually the last one to serender to go home. He can be freezing and shivering like crazy and still playing hard as long as someone will play with him.

Aidan kind of got into the Dragon Squirters too! He has been fun to watch lately.....he has a new passion for water and getting wet! He seeks out the water just for the thrill of getting squirted wether it's a sprinkler or the toys here at the Splash Park. He loves every minute of it and has a huge grin on his face no matter how freezing cold and shivery he is!

Here is a picture of the boys earlier in the week playing horsey with their Dad....this is one of their favorite things to make Nate do besides wrestling with them. I think he enjoys playing with them as much as they love beating on their Dad!

Aidan and Corbin both got big "owiees" recently. Aidan fell and scraped his forehead right where I accidently knicked his hairline when I cut it last. Nate nicked-named him "Frankenstein" because after the scab healed the new skin was so pale pink it really showed up good, looking much worse than it was! Corbin fell at the Splash Park of course when he was being pretty calm and anyway he kissed the cement with his nose and cheek. It left a good mark and lots of tears. I don't like it when my Boys get hurt especially when I can't fix it very well and make it stop hurting. I'm just glad they haven't hurt them selves worse and hope this is all we have to go through...probably wishful thinking, but I can hope can't I? Well that's about all we've been up to lately. We're going to attempt to fish again in the morning.....wish us luck because we're going to really need it!