Fireworks for the Fourth

I think that's Abbies drawing of fireworks.  :)

Waiting....and waiting for them to start. 

Jen, Des and Sadie joined us for the fun!  

More waiting....

Ellie's first Fireworks!  Would she enjoy them?  Or cry like Abby and Joey did?  I think we were far enough away that they weren't too loud. 

Waiting over!

The 4th of July Fireworks... Oooooo, Awwwwwww! 

Primary 4th of July Parade

For part of the 4th of July celebration at Philmont they had a primary costume parade.  The kids loved it...the parents...well they enjoyed it too.  But we had to make costumes during the 45 minutes of free time we had in the first 3 days we were there...and using only paper!  :)  I must admit it was a bit challenging.  But in the end, it was cute.  

Joey was "Tire-d".  Oh was he tired that day.  I think on day 4 or 5 he finally fell asleep in the middle of the playroom floor in the nursery like place he went each day.  That was the ONLY nap the kid took the entire time.  It about killed me.  :)  

Abby was adorable! Obviously we see now we should've decorated the inside of her wings too.  :)

Waiting. 

Walking!! Yay!  That is Sister Wixom, the General Primary President of the church, and her husband leading the way!  She was so inspiring and wonderful! 

Yay!  It's Abby!

Family Fireworks

Tradition...watching fireworks out front of Grandma's house on a blanket. 

I love this picture of Mom & Joey.  Joey LOVED them!

The line up: my sister Sadie, Grandma Sorensen, Dawson, Abby & Jenny down at the end.

I'm glad we got this exact picture.  This is how Abby watches fireworks...with her ears covered.  It's pretty cute. Someday she won't be afraid of loud sounds or the fear of the possibility of loud sounds. :)

Daws & Sam 

Ra-Ra! Sparklers entertain!

Sade

Oh, the temptation to grab the sparklers...my kids luck, their pj's would start on fire!

4th of July Olympics with the Larsen Side

Jen, Dawson & Sam drove up to spend the 4th of July up in Utah as well.  So on Monday we all met at Grandma's house for the 1st Annual 4th of July Olympics!  We drew straws to find our team mate & then we came up with our own team names & designed our own shirts!  It was awesome!  Here are our teams...

UNCLE SAM & GRAM

THE CANNON BALLS

The TAMED ZEBRAS!  

And somehow I didn't get a picture of our 4th team...it was Jen & Dave...GENERAL WINNERS!  (sorry guys--if someone else has a picture of them send it my way please!)

Stretching good, getting warmed up....

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!

Jen designed the whole thing!  She is so creative and fun!  Thanks Jen!  What a fun tradition to start!  Here is our scoreboard.

There is one event I somehow didn't get any pictures of...the grape toss.  Sam RULED that event.  I think he caught 9 out of 10 or something.  It was awesome!  Pretty sweet skill.

Croquet through the sprinkler.  So fun...we all got wet!

For this event we had to launch balloons at a basket.  The closest landing won.  It was a lot harder that in sounds.

Sade & I were awful at this one!  Dave and Jen did pretty good.  

Gram & Sam launching their balloon... can you see it?

Next was the bubble blowing contest.  We each got 2 big chunks of bubble gum and time to warm it up in our mouths. 

I have to admit, our 1st 4 competors struggled!  Grandma's bubbles were cute...Dawson's...ok, Sade was the best out the 4, and Dave....well, lets just say...I don't think he's ever blown a bubble in his entire life...and that's ok. :)  

Mom is an incredible bubble blower! I have NO idea where she got her skills!

That's a pretty good one Jen!

Ca-plu-ee!  Isn't that the coolest shot?!  Mom totally blew us out of the water on this event!  

Three in sync. :)  

The next event was pie/cake eating contest!  It was very yummy!  Just one piece so we didn't feel sick after.  These guys were so funny to watch!

Go Sade!!

Abby watched them so closely.  She thought we were crazy....maybe we were!  

Hilarious!

Haha!  Look at Sadie!  She kicked bootie! 

Yes, it was 3 guys verses me.  I won!!!  I am woman! :)

Check out these monstrous balloons for the final game.

Mark...Get Set....Throw!!

Hiiii-Ya!  Blast off ending here!

The huge balloon throw winners!