July 24th Weekend

We had a fun 24th of July weekend. We took advantage of Clay being off work on Friday and some free tickets and took the kids to see Toy Story 3. Unfortunately, we bought tickets for the 3D movie and that wasn't great but it wasn't too bad without the glasses (the kids wouldn't wear them). We managed to stay in the theater the whole movie but Will was climbing around a lot of the time- luckily it wasn't crowded! I think he liked the sign outside the theater more than the actual movie!

On Saturday morning, Clay took Addie to the Lowe's Build and Grow workshop and then when they came home, I took them off to the splash park while Clay got a start on mowing down the weeds. They played out in our dirt when we got back and while Clay was out mowing and got filthy!!! There was a layer of sand/dirt in the tub when they got out of the bath!



Around 3:30, I took Addie over to the Cottonwood Heights Butlerville Days parade. She got to ride on the wagon with Grandpa (mayor) and Grandma and throw candy to the kids.


Once they were done with their part of the parade, we found a spot to watch the rest. It was fun to see some of the floats from the big Days of 47 parade. The highlight was the fire truck...they would stop every so often and then take the cap off the front hose and spray the kids that ran out in the street. Addie got soaking wet but I'm sure it felt good since it was sooo hot outside.





We met up with some of the family and headed over to the Butlerville Days celebration area....Addie ran under the firehose spray again (this time it was just a mist) and convinced Uncle Carson to go with her. Then we headed over to the dunk tank to throw the balls and dunk the mayor (Grandpa).



A few of us left and met up with Clay and Will to get some dinner but Addie stayed with Grandma and Mitch and Cardin to do some inflatable slides and other stuff. (we wanted a break from the heat)! She had a blast as you can see from the pictures!



Addie had been begging me to try the climbing wall all afternoon so when we got back, we took her over to try it. She was so excited. They got her all hooked up and I think she climbed up one pull and then she was done! I think it was too much work!




Addie did more inflatable rides and I followed Will while he walked all around. Once it got dark, we put out our blankets and watched the fireworks. It was a fun and very full day!!!