Happy 3rd of July!

Happy Holiday! Tyson's favorite holiday is the 4th of July. It's my second favorite holiday. Of course, if it comes on a Sunday, here in Utah, we have to observe it on another day. So, the third it is!! We had a fun filled day even though it wasn't the actual day. First, we went down to Provo. Aunt Terry did a fish pond with prizes (no actual fish) and we had barbecued chicken sandwiches. Erin had a lot of fun running around and playing with her "cousins". Unfortunately we could not locate our camera for this portion of the day. I found it as we were driving home. So, no pictures of Provo, but we had fun anyway. The first thing Erin saw when we got there was this lovely 4th of July pinwheel. She had to have it, it was so fun for her. She tries to blow it, but the wind was doing a pretty good job of moving it for her. Thanks for all the fun Auntie Terry!!

Then we went to the famous "Castle Park" in fruit heights. I had to drag Tyson out of the house, but once we were out, he had fun. We got some Arby's sandwiches and had a grass picnic, most of which Erin did not really attend, as she was wanting to get into the park and forget all this food nonsense. She ate some, though.

Then we played on the toys,

and ate some ice that spilled on the grass.

Then we decided to go get a shaved ice, hopefully cleaner than grass ice.

She loved her tiger's blood "hawaiian snow". We had them put only a little flavor on it. We didn't want a sugar rush right before bed.

Last but not least, we used up some leftover "fireworks". Just some smoke balls and popper balls, and a parachute. Is it just me, or did fireworks used to be better? Maybe it is the time distortion. When I was little they were so awesome, now they are quite pathetic. Sigh. Erin's favorite were the flowers we did in Provo, and the smoke balls. The popper balls were kind of scary for her. I'm not sure what she would think of the screamers, hopefully next year she can see more, since her dad loves them so much. All in all, it was a great day! I hope all of you had fun, too!!