Camping Trip

We went camping with some friends for a last hurrah before our good friends, the Cox family, moves to Washington State. There were 5 families: 10 adults and 20 kids. The 2 extra kids by my family were additions as their mom is about to have a baby. We just went up to Mt.Charleston which is only 45 min. away. Perfect for people with a lot of little kids.

Anyway, we had a great time. We got very dirty, used the first aid kit a lot, and temporarily lost a few kids (one of which was Palmer), and didn't get much sleep, but no permanent damages were sustained and the kids had a blast. The adults had a good time too (especially when the kids fell asleep.)

Celebrating the 4th

For the past 3 or 4 years we have gone out to the small community of Blue Diamond to celebrate the 4th of July. They have a parade, games, snow cones, face painting, and an exhibition swim meet. The parade is always interesting. The kids decorate their bikes and ride along in it. I remember one year Palmer cried the whole way because he thought that the fire truck was going to run over him. This year Heber kept saying, "watch out for the cars!", and "There's Santa! Santa's in the parade!" (There was a man with a big white beard riding his bike behind us.) My boys seemed to forget which holiday it was when they got their faces painted. They were the only monsters at the celebration.