Happy Pioneer Day!!

We have the most fabulous tradition on the

24th of July...

Cottonwood Heights Parade

Carnival

Snow cones

Grandma Jo's for a BBQ

Usually a mean game of whiffle ball

~OR~

a gymnastics meet in the front yard

Sparklers

Sparklers

Sparklers

Creamies and Popsicles while we wait for

it to get dark...

then we watch the

BEST FIREWORKS SHOW EVER!!!

Here's our clan waiting for the parade to start...

The Little Grandma LOVES the parade!

We LOVE our Military....

Morph Men... a HUGE highlight

Fantastic Floats

Fantastic Friends

Children lining up for the Grand Firework Show

Big Smiles even after the

hand grenade smoke bomb

went off in his hand....

OUCH!!

SPARKLER TIME!!

Isaak

Mclaren

Ty, Bryan and Kimmi

Jessie Jo

THE GRAND FINALE!!!

Saturday Boating at Jordanelle

We are addicted...

We can't get enough boating...

We went again today and had a total BLAST!!

Jump of the day...

Tube Wars...

Ty playing with the camera...

Mid- Summer BBQ

We LOVE our friends!! When the Hales said "Let's have Mid-Summer BBQ" we jumped all over it.

Jen and I got all excited and invited 75 people.

We had about 50 attend...

It was a BLAST!!

(of course we had food for 100, just incase!)

The Hales...

Best Buddies...

Eating Fantastic Food and Laughing until midnight...

Can't wait for the next one!!

4th of July ~ Lake Powell

This year for the 4th of July we decided to go to

Lake Powell with Big G and Grandma Nancy.

It was AWESOME!!

Lake Powell Hair...

Watching the kids fight each other on the tubes...

Jaxon could tube for hours....

Jessie loved the waves... if she wasn't holding on for dear life...

this is how she told us...

How many people can fit on this tube??

Love the new boat!!

On Saturday night there was a fantastic fireworks show in

Hobie Cat Bay...

Camera practice while we were waiting... with the flash...

ooops... a little bright!! Sorry Babe!!

More practice... these are boats that are lined up to watch the show...

Even though the boat wouldn't hold still...

we still think these pictures turned out great!!

Happy 4th of July!!

IRON CHEF.... COCA-COLA

A couple of weeks ago we held our neighborhood

IRON CHEF COMPETITION.

We don't have any pictures because we forgot to take the camera!

Last week my sister was at my house and noticed

the TROPHY that we WON!! Yes friends...

The Raschs WON the COCA COLA COMPETITION.

The winning dish...

New York Steak Sandwiches served with a French onion soup.

I will admit it was our BEST dish yet!!