A Little Taste of Everything

We switched things up this year for the 4th!

We usually go out to Grantsville,

and it is always a blast.

But this year we decided to spend the weekend

with our good friends,

Richard and Chelsea~

On Saturday morning,

me and Chels hit up all the yard sales in

Ephraim and Manti.

We are dorks,

and love to get old furniture and refinish it.

Then we went and got our boys

and went to Palisades.

We jumped off these big rocks into the lake.

It was super fun!

When we left,

we went to the AC and swam some more

since we were already soaked!

Later,

we went over to Mike and Amy's

for a barbecue with the crew.

We had TOO MUCH fun

and the food was amazing!!

The kids lit some fireworks and it was

just a really fun evening.

The next morning,

we woke up and headed up to Provo with Rich and Chels.

We went hiking up Sundance

and it was AMAZING!!!!

It was a workout!

There was still quite a bit of snow in some areas.

There was one part where we were walking

on the snow and we saw a hole in the snow....

And when we looked through it there was

SO MUCH water running down the mountain

and FAST!

It was super scary....

It we would've fell through the snow we would've died.

After that we stayed closer to the trail!

This first picture is our friend

sitting up on a snow bank....

Look at that waterfall!!!

Tracy and Nate

After our viscous hike,

we hit up Olive Garden

then went back into Provo to save our seats

for the parade the next morning.

Apparently in Provo

people camp out all night to save spots

for the parade.

So we set up a couple of those

gazebo tent things

and a table and chairs....

and we brought a little tv

with the nintendo and movies,

games, good food, and lots

of pillows and blankets

and sat there all night!

It was fun

and there were people

ALL OVER THE STREETS!

Me and Chels convinced our hubbys

to give us a foot massage :]

The parade was fun...

But we decided it wasn't worth all the effort

everyone put into it!

Our parades down here in the sticks

are just as good!!!

By Monday after the parade,

we were ready to be home!

We had fun,

but I am a family girl.

And I missed my mama and my in-laws!

So we came home.

I had to work at the AC for a couple hours.

Then we hit up the

Moroni Fireworks.

It was really nice to be with family

and back home in our little small town.

I could NEVER be a city girl.

I love having the whole town

sitting out on the baseball field...

A local band playing some tunes...

Watching the little ones run around....

and everyone just wandering around and visiting.

So, needless to say,

the weekend was AMAZING!

We got some friend time,

some family time,

some alone time,

time in the mountains,

time on the lake,

time on the baseball field,

It was perfect.