24th

I guess the biggest benefit to me about living in Utah is that you get two "fourth of July's" in one month - and watching conference on TV of course. We had a great 24th - relaxing and exciting at the same time. Aaron got to sleep in and I got a nice afternoon nap. Whitney woke up bright and early at 6 to ride her bike - so after Travis woke up and was fed I ventured for the first time running with the two and it went amazingly smooth. Of course we ended at the park where it only took 5 min. for whitney to "fill her pants" and needed to go home before we stunk up the whole sports park. We went home changed both kids and started new - this time Whitney rode her bike all the way to the playground on her bike while I held Travis and supervised. It went smooth until the trip home when whitney finally realized she got up a little too early and had a mental breakdown. At least I was rewarded when we got home by Aarons omlets - ooooo so much good!

Anyway, I got a nice long nap while Aaron did projects and then we went to the Spanish Fiesta Days Carnival. I must say, they do a pretty good carnival, but it was a little too lagoonish for me - I didn't mind just being a spectator.

Whitney did much better on the rides this time - a good nap goes a long ways with this kid. We started her off on the merry-go-round, which was good timing since it started raining just then. (The weather was overcast and so nice)


This is whitney on the car ride - we didn't need to teach her the 10 and 2 position


Aaron even got in a couple high speed ride - comparible a little to colossis and the scrambler at lagoon. (a very little colossis)
Aaron and Whitney are in this picture somewhere

I call this Aaron's tough guy picture - strutting his stuff in his football shirt after conquering the mini colossis



My favorite was that Aaron took Whitney in the Ferris Wheel - a test of his patience since they were in there for at least a half an hour - he even got bored enough that he danced for 5 seconds - something you NEVER see Aaron do! Despite all this Whitney loved it and I got to see a kid puke over the edge - luckily he missed the riders under him and only splashed some spectators.




After the carnival we went to Red Robin - a favorite of ours - and by some miracle our kids were good through pretty much all of this. When we came home Aaron treated Whitney to a motorcycle ride. Aaron borrowed his friends motorcycle so we could have a nice gettaway from the Spanish Fork Rodeo we went to on Saturday (which was so much fun). He always makes sure he puts it to good use while he has it.



We played with the neighbors for a while - played a mean game of volleyball and then got front row seats to the firework show. They do the fireworks across the street at the sports park so me and Aaron just layed out a blanket and enjoyed. The kids must have been worn out because neither woke up - which we didn't mind one bit. This was honestly such a perfect holiday for me - a little fun and relaxation is what it's all about!