My favorite holiday! I love the Fourth of July! We had a very calm day- mostly working in the yard and on our deck (more on that later). We did our little “red, white and blue breakfast” which was minus the blue this year since I couldn’t find any blueberries! We did crepes with strawberries and whipped cream and it was so delicious! We just hung out together as a family that day. Later we joined the rest of the family up at my parents house for my favorite night of the year- swimming, BBQ and fireworks from the deck!
This little group of cousins is so cute together and this year their relationship has just grown! We’ve had many dinners where the adults get to just sit and relax and talk because the kids are all just playing so well! Chase bemoans the fact that there isn’t a boy cousin or anyone his age- but he’s finding his spot in the cool older cousin that Anna loves to play with. The little girls have been so cute and just totally bonded this summer. And Huds and Nora are always off in their own little world together!
This year fireworks from the deck were my favorite. Everyone could stay up this year and Lila was SO HAPPY we let her stay! She exclaimed “FIREWORKS!” the whole time and just loved every second of it. I played some patriotic music from my phone and all the kids had ideas of songs to add. Davis wanted “Kristoff’s song” and although I knew which song he was talking about, I couldn’t quite place the name to type in. Of course, Will knew exactly what it’s called “Lost in the woods”.
As we were chatting in the pool, Dad mentioned we could use the old family cabin at Bear Lake a few days later if we wanted (my dad’s aunt and uncle own it and let my grandma and her family use it a few days each summer). We jumped at the chance and a few days later we were all at the lake together!
We didn’t spend the night- just drove up early in the morning and came home that night and it was such a wonderful day- including the beautiful drive! We went up through Monte Cristo and home through Logan canyon and both drives were just gorgeous!
We set up shade on the beach and dad brought four wheelers, so we could easily run back up to the cabin to use the bathroom. Other than that, we were on the beach all day! The kids could not have been happier playing in the sand and water. The water is so shallow for quite a while. We let the kids go out to the second buoy- which was quite far out that- and they were still only waist deep on Chase.
Lila and Rose mostly played in the sand, although Lila did brave the water a few times. Davis ran and ran and ran into the water over and over again. In fact, I don’t think he stopped moving the whole time we were there. Including while eating his lunch, he just kept walking around with his sandwich in one hand. He’s been praying to go to the beach for a whole year, so happy we could make this happen for him.
Hudson dug this humongous hole and thought it was hilarious. He enjoyed the water too. Ben grabbed a boogie board from his parents house and we loved having it even though there aren’t waves big enough to really use it on. Hudson and Chase would put the smaller kids on it and pull them around in the water, delighting everyone.
The water was so beautiful and blue, so was the sky. It was a really delightful day. Also, this picture below made me laugh because Kate had been photographing the baby girls and went to take a picture of Hudson and Nora together, and the baby girls ran and hopped right into it. We take so many pictures of them and they know how cute they are. I think they assume we want them in all photos.
We stopped for burgers and raspberry shakes on the way home in Garden City, then drove home through Logan Canyon for another beautiful drive. We were all sandy and exhausted and so happy. This may have been my favorite day of the whole summer!
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