Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Pioneer Day / 24 of July

The 24 of July or Pioneer Day is a big deal here in Utah. Cedar Hills does it's Family Festival at the same time. We had allot of things to do this week. We went to a rodeo that was really good with allot of big name cowboys. But the rodeo clown is always my favorite.


We also had tickets to see an Orem Owlz baseball game. It was fun but the Owlz lost.

It's not everyday that you see a big piggy bank fly over your house. That was part of the Lulu and late-night movie (they showed The Bee Movie on a giant blow-up screen.) that Cedar Hills does at the park. It was warm until the sun went down.

The parade was on Saturday, it goes up the street behind my house. It was good, mostly companies advertising and allot of candy. Yes, my neighbors are sitting behind a swamp cooler to keep cool.

Of course there must be fireworks. Cedar Hills has gotten known for it's firework show. It was 20 minutes long and you tune into a radio station for the music that goes with the show. They shoot them off from a block west of our house. We have a good view. Allot of people come to see it, our street was full of cars.


The carnival was at the park, which is two blocks from our house (I love our location). The funny thing is that the student council and the missionaries run the booths. This year was very fun.






Sunday, July 20, 2008

Tyler's Art

Tyler has started taking art classes at Robert's Craft Store (my favorite craft store). He is taking the oil painting class. Here are his first three paintings. Yes, his first three. We are amazed at his work and the name "Bob Ross" is all over this house.



Thursday, July 10, 2008

Our 4th of July Weekend

Rick had to work all weekend, so the kids and I went to see my parents in Cedar City. We had allot of fun. Emily wanted to take the ATVs out, so we went to Three Peaks. Kevin was not sure of it so we only went around the parking lot once and then he got off (that's why I'm not wearing a helmet).


My parents built a miniature golf course on the side of their house. It has 7 holes with cute little blockades to play around. We played every day.



On the 4th Kevin was getting teeth so he had a fever and slept allot, so we didn't take him to the parade. But my parents took Tyler & Emily. They stayed until they got bored and left half way. We did our own fireworks in the backyard then watched the city's at 10 pm. Kevin didn't like the backyard fireworks, but he did like the city's.


Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Pass The Torch


Digital Scrapbook Memories (one of my favorite sites) is starting a new contest that has a Olympic theme. Click here for details.
I am so excited for the Olympics. Finally something to watch on TV for two weeks.