Happy Pioneer Day!

One of the great things about living in Utah...we get to officially celebrate Pioneer Day, not just in church!  Pioneer Day is always part of Fiesta Days in Spanish Fork.  We started off the  morning running a race.  I ran a 10k and the girls each ran the mile race.  They were awesome!  Both girls ran faster than they had before.  Brinn ran a 9:44 mile and Meg ran an 8:42!  We were very proud of them.  Then, right after the race was the Fiesta Days Grand Parade.  It was a lot of fun to have our little train in the big parade.  The kids had a great time and the float held together very well, with only one little accident (poor James).  All in all, a very busy, very successful day.

Spanish Fork Reservoir and Children's Parade 2012

If we lived about 1/2 a mile west, we would be in Spanish Fork city limits.  Oh how I wish we could move our neighbor 1/2 a mile!  I am so impressed with Spanish Fork.  They have great community resources, an amazing recreation program for the kids, and their children's parade is actually a parade.  Springville, we love you, but you leave these very important things wanting...

Friday we went with our neighbors to the reservoir in Spanish Fork.  The kids had a great time swimming and fishing.  I love how well they always play together!

Jaxon is looking for the fish.

Here are the pictures of our awesome float!  We won the children's parade so we get to be in the Grand Parade on Tuesday!

We are going to fix the caboose tonight...hopefully it will make it through the parade!

Party at the Park

Today we had a great time with our friends at the park!

FHE Fun at the Pond

Monday we had a great time at Salem Pond for family home evening.  We played on the playground and then enjoyed some swimming.  The girls fed the ducks and then after a lesson about the Living Water, we enjoyed some great shakes!

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June Stuff

It has been over a month since I posted last.  Meg and Eric both had birthdays, we went camping, fishing, hiking, and all sorts of other fun things.  The last week of June Dave and I went down to San Diego to the Marine Recruit Training Depot.  They bring educators down and give them a little taste of what the marines is like to improve their PR.  We had a great time.  I'm glad Dave is now too old to join the marines because I think he had too much fun.  Eric had a great week with Grandma Jo while we were away and didn't think he needed me when we got back.  Today is his birthday.  He is 1!  He's walking really well now, and thinks he is a big boy.  He wants to handle the fork himself at meal times, go down the steps by himself like a big boy, and will let you know when he is unhappy and mad at you. He is a sweet heart and we love him!  I just can't believe it has been a year already.

Dave dressed up like a soldier from the Mormon Battalion Museum in San Diego.

Shooting an M16...the marines were impressed with his shooting.

Wishing he could shoot this one...

Dave doing part of the marine combat fitness test.

Me on the bayonet assault course

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Part of a team obstacle/puzzle thing...

Dave's group didn't fare as well...

Some of the gear the fire fighters wear at the airfield

I believe this was an F18

My sweet boy!