Our Crazy 4th of July

Well, another 4th of July has come and gone, and what a great day (or weekend) it was! It started on the 3rd when we went to the Riverton City parade with my parents. Mason was hysterical- every time there was a siren, he would cover one ear, and wave to the firefighters or the police officers with the other. He was loving all of the candy and blowing kisses to all of the cute girls on the floats. It was so fun to be able to see people that we knew and hadn't seen in years! Later that night, we went to the Meldrum's for homemade ice cream and fireworks. Mason didn't like being so close to the fireworks, he thought that they were way too loud, but he loved to watch the ones that didn't make any noise.

On the 4th, our day started early with breakfast and swimming at Jonathan's cousin Amie's house. We don't get to see all of the Meldrum's very often, so it was fun to just hang out around the pool. Mason has never been a big fan of swimming, or water in general, but for some reason, he turned into a fish at their house! He swam for about 2 1/2 hours and just laughed the whole time! Amie let him borrow a life jacket, so he even got to go off of the slide and jump off the platform into the pool! After that, we had just enough time to go to the store to pick up our food assignment for lunch, and then head to Uncle Glendon and Aunt Toni's house for a BBQ. We love to spend time with all of the Mitchell's, and it was so good to have Grammy Mitchell feeling good enough to spend the day with us!

Saturday it was back to work getting the side yard ready for concrete this upcoming weekend. Jonathan had to put the supports in, a job that he thought would take 2 or 3 hours... Unfortunately for him, it ended up taking 8!! But, now that that is done, we are just about ready for the concrete to come on Friday! I think Jonathan would agree when I say that it will be glad when this project is finished!

So, I wasn't very good at using the camera this weekend, but here are the end results of our crazy days:



This is how Mason looked on our way home on the 4th. He could barely keep his eyes open while waiting for Jonathan to get his car seat situated...




This is Jonathan and Mason after working all day to put the supports for the concrete in... This was taken at 4 in the afternoon, and neither one of them stirred while I snapped 5 or 6 pictures of them!!