Long holiday weekend!

I got to have four days off for the 4th this year! I was so excited because it was the exact opposite last year-I worked every single day including on the 4th! We started our fabulous weekend by roasting marshmallows in our new fire pit that Jayson built in our backyard! I didn't think to take a picture of that, but maybe it will show up on a later post.
On Saturday, we got all our gear ready and took off to Pine View dam to go kayaking with our friends! Our neighbor works for Lifetime products and gets to rent out the kayaks for free. He gets to take them so that we can give our feedback on how well we liked/didn't like about the boats. It was nice to be out in the sun on the water! The kids loved it too once they got over how annoying it is to wear a life jacket. Caiden, Paxton and Cassidy.

I have no pictures of us on the water cause I didn't want to risk ruining my camera, but my friend had a waterproof one that she will hopefully share some shots with us. After our boat rides, we raced home so Jayson could take Caiden to the demolition derby-he said he loved it! Then we headed over to the neighbors annual block party and watched some awesome fireworks with the neighbors! Utah finally allowed fireworks that shoot up 150 ft! Brought back memories of being in TN!

Sunday we had a fun family dinner with my parents and siblings-food was good and so was the company. I didn't think to take pics of that event either-oh well.

Monday morning, we went to the parade here in West Point. It's not a big parade but it has lots of candy for the kids and tractors for my dad to check out! He has come with me the last few years cause he loves them so much! He actually bought a tractor recently and is going to fix it up so he can ride in it next year! After the fireworks, we headed to the park for the festivities and I entered Paxton in the baby contest. I had wanted to last year, but I had to work. There were about 30 babies total and as they read off the winners for the different age ranges, I knew I wouldn't hear his name called because when it was his turn to be judged, I sat him down and he started to cry immediately! Well once they named the 4 winners, they did a winner for the chubbiest baby and then one for the saddest! To my amazement, Paxton's name was called-I guess he had a strategy to win!

Saddest baby my eye! He knew exactly how to win that thing!


All his spoils! Not too bad!