Summer Rain

There are not many things that are funner than playing in the rain. I loved it, my kids love it - who doesn't love it? Well......I don't know if Joe liked riding his bike home in it, but I think it looks fun:)

Our gutter fills up really fast - it makes a great wading pool.

Is anybody worried about what kind of germs I might be exposing them to?

Singing in the Rain!

Cora's Gallery

Cora wanted to be sure that her artistic endeavors were included on our blog, so here are some of the pictures that she took at the Water Lily and Rose garden. As stated in an earlier post, when Cora grows up she wants to be and artist and a teacher.

Independence Weekend

What a glorious 4th of July. We were lucky enough to have Bert (Joe's brother) and Adreann come to visit us with their three kids and dog. We stayed pretty busy, but it was one of the most relaxing weekends we've had in a long time. It almost felt like we were on vacation. The first night we went down to the river and watched a great fireworks show, while listening to a free pops concert by the Community Band and Symphony.

At the beginning of the show we got a fly-by from four T-37s, and we were just a few yards away from where they shot off a replica 1861 three-inch ordnance rifle and a Coehorn mortar courtesy of our town's fort artillery group (and No, I did not take any of these pictures to the right). It was extremely loud, but the kids loved it. Thousands of people were sitting everywhere along the river on the grass with blankets and lawn chairs. We picked a place on the sidewalk, which was great with the nice thick blankets we brought, and we were as close as we could be to the fireworks display. We were all impressed, children and adults alike. If you're really bored you can watch a part of it here on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d31EXvNYF0

Of course, we had better seats then whoever filmed this, and you might want to skip to the second half of the video to get to the best part of it. Anyway, the next day we went swimming at the rec camp, and then had a BBQ in our backyard - Sanpete Turkey, yummmmmmy! For those of you who aren't from, or married to someone from Sanpete county, UT, here's a link to a recipe. As Tim would say, "it's delish." http://sanpete.com/downloads/Turkey_Recipe.pdf The next day we went swimming on base, and later we went to the Water Lily garden and Rose garden here in town. My kids love going here, and always want to walk around FOREVER. Every time we go they complain that we haven't stayed long enough. And it's not like this place has ice cream or roller coasters - it's just a garden. But it is beautiful, and here are some pictures for your enjoyment.

Alas, the weekend ended, and everyone had to go home. And now we're looking forward to our real summer vacation, when we get to go to Utah in two weeks.