Happy 4th (a little late)

I decided that the 4th of July is my favorite holiday.  I love the BBQ’s.  I love the music.  I love the parades.  I love that everyone dresses in the same three colors.  I LOVE the fireworks.  I love everything about the 4th and this year we had a great one.

It started on Saturday the 2nd.  We dropped Hannah off at my parents where she was going to have a sleep over.  My parents back door neighbors were having their annual 4th of July party and once again they set up an awesome slip and slide that went from the top of their hill down to a water spraying bounce house.  Of course, my dad wanted to take Hannah down it.  The more she went the more she liked it.

 

While Hannah was playing and Grandma and Grandpa’s, Jonathan and I headed back to Provo for the “Qualtrics Stadium of Fire”.  That’s right, Qualtrics was the name sponsor this year so that meant we got four free tickets.  We brought 2 of our nieces, Natalie and Kendra.  We all got cool blue tee shirts to wear which was an OK sacrifice to make for such great seats.  We on the field, 20th row.  David Archuleta and Brad Paisley were the performers.  David Archuleta could use some work on his song transitions but Brad was awesome and put on a great show.  And of course, the fireworks are the best in Utah and I loved every second of the 20 minute show.

 
Sunday morning we went to church baby free then headed to Sandy to have dinner.  We spent the night there since the next morning Jonathan, Lisa, and Austin would be doing the Pepperwood Mini Triathlon.

Austin did the whole thing himself and Jonathan and Lisa were on a team.  Lisa did the swimming, Jonathan did the biking, and they both ran (for fun).

 

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Then my dad took Hannah for a little run and they crossed the finish line too.  It was a pretty casual triathlon.

Next was breakfast, music, playing on the playground and the tennis tournament. 

My dad participated in a tennis tournament.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen my dad play tennis before so it was fun to watch and I learned a lot about scoring.  Unfortunately, the last time my dad played tennis was 10 years ago and the man he was playing against plays tennis 3 times a week in a prestigious tennis organization.  My dad held his own but ended up losing.

After the Pepperwood festivities we head to Willow Creek Country Club for lunch and games.  Hannah rode a train and got her face painted.  After lunch we (Jonathan, Ali, Tom, Carrie, Lisa, Austin) stayed to play cards.  Hannah was keeping herself busy crawling around but found a leftover bowl of popcorn.  She got a piece caught in her throat and threw up all over herself and the carpet.  That was her first real throw up that wasn’t baby spit up. 

 
Finally, we went home and had a special 4th of July cake I had made.

  

Hope every one had a Happy 4th!