For Grandma and Grandpa Handly

They love the thing.  It's broken 3 times but with a little Gorilla Glue and it's back to normal.  They are the envy of the neighborhood!  Thank you!

4th of July

There was an amazing free local event for the 4th.  It was in the morning and it was just a day of fun for the kids.  Aaron had to work (of course) so I loaded up the kids and we hit the town.

This ride made me soooo sick.  I went once with London who looked pale and kept saying "I don't feel good."  I was very happy when the ride ended.  When Royce said, "Can I do that again?"  He was very much on his own!

Rock climbing!  London didn't make it very far up and Royce could have but I think he psyched himself out a little bit.  It was cool that they had a chance to do it though.

Blech.  We went on this one too.

A really well done puppet show.  The kids thought that was really cool.

Pony rides (London was in heaven) and a petting/feeding zoo.  They had some really cool animals: kangaroos, zebra, camel, and your standard farm animals too.

Playground fun.

We got the the event right when it opened so we got through lines fast but as the day went on, more and more people came and lines got longer and longer.  This is us waiting for the human bubble race.

Silly faces kills boredom every time.

Royce LOVED the bubble race.  London HATED it.  It was fun to try though.

That night Aaron was at least able to come to the fireworks show with us.  They had a pretty decent show but it's always great to be able to look around and ponder on our freedoms.  I am grateful to live in this country where I can have a family and practice my religion and believe what I believe.  God bless the USA!

Family Home Evening

One Monday night we decided to take the kids to the temple.  We walked around the grounds and talked about how sacred the temple is.  We explained that Mommy and Daddy got married there and what it meant and also how we hope they will have the same goals for themselves one day.  It was a really nice night and Royce and London have both talked about it since.  

The temple really is a wonderful place to be and brings to much peace to know that my family and I will be together forever.

Redneck Fun

This was a fun day.  We got some free tickets to go see some off-road racing.  We thought Royce would especially love it.  The day before the event I make sure to get them each hats and sunglasses (it was very hot!) and my mom wanted to make sure they were appropriately attired to fit in with the fellow fans.  We packed snacks and had a good ol' time.

Tonka Truck was there and had a big sand area for kids to play in.  Royce then decided that whenever a Tonka sponsored car was in a race, that's who we would cheer for.

Lookin' fly.

No pictures please.

The races.  It was very cool.

No Tonka cars did win.  Bummer.  But the kids had an amazing time and were so tired by the end of it that they couldn't even stay awake during the 5 minute drive home.