What a weekend!

Here's the run down: Friday we went to Eric's Grandma's house. We had so much fun hanging out with family (Eric's Aunt and Uncle and cousins came up from Sandy, UT), eating (I did a lot of that), and shooting fireworks. They spent just about all day shooting fireworks, including some really great finale type sky shows. They finished up all of their stuff just in time for us to go out to the back porch and watch the show that the city puts on. Grandma's house is up on a hill, so while taking in the city's fireworks we also saw the fireworks from everyone else in the city doing their own stuff. It was pretty amazing!

Saturday we went up to Grandma's trailer. The weather was nice, and the food and company were great. Grandma had a few things that she was hoping to get done up there, and everyone chipped in. I have to admit that I wasn't really helpful. I mostly talked and watched Jack, but everyone else managed to clean the trailer, chop and move wood, and patch up holes. That night the Willits (my sister and her family) came up to our house. We did more fireworks in the backyard. I think the boys really loved it.

Sunday, we drove back up to the trailer (Grandma was kind enough to let us invite the Willits) bright and early. Okay, not that early. We got there at about 9. We wanted to make sure we were able to take advantage of the whole day. We didn't plan anything for Sunday, we just let the boys play and explore. Eric and Brad preferred to occupy themselves by chopping and stacking wood. It seems really odd to me that's what they call 'fun', but I've been informed...it's a guy thing. Carrie read her book, I relaxed by the fire, and the little ones (Colson, 3, Griffin, 17 months, and Jack, 18 months) did anything they could think of. There was a lot of playing in the dirt, and getting too close to things that made their moms nervous.

Monday we went to the waterfalls and to Bald Mountain point. While roasting our hot dogs around the fire 2 deer walked up headed for the stream to get a drink. We accidentally scared them off, but it was fun to see them so close. We headed back to our house in the early evening. I think everyone was ready. The boys were all tired out to the point that we witnessed far more tantrums than we had ever seen in our lives, and at least 2 of them fell asleep in the cars on the short trip back to our house.

Although we needed the rest of Monday night to recuperate, we had a blast this weekend. Thank you to all of you for making it so much fun for our little family!