Rebekah's first late over

Since we don't have sleepover's at our house, Rebekah gets to have friends stay over late and have a party. All the sleepover fun ends at midnight anyway right.



The night started off with jumping on the tramp with stuffed animals and throwing them in the air. After Buck got a hold of few strays, we put him away.



Then the make up party started.
Don't ask me why but they all ended up being "Goth Girls". I don't even know where they came up with that term or if any of them even know what it means. It ended up being more of a halloween thing anyway. Then we finished off the sparklers that were left over from the 4th.

Then they settled in for making bracelets. Each of the 4 of them made one for each other. It was really cute.

Ethen had a hard time because this was Rebekah's first GIRLS ONLY party and he didn't quite know how to handle it. Good thing dad was here so they could do some manly things together.

I took them all home at 11. Rebekah said it was the best late over ever. She has only been to one other. What a broad spectrum to be forming an opinion on.Carley WhittierBreanna WildenPage Goodrich

FOURTH OF JULY

Pasty wanted to go to the Provo Parade the morning of the 4th, so we packed up and headed down there. We parked at Bryon's grandma's house which is only a few blocks from Center Street.
We got a great spot and settled in for the wait until the parade started
Pasty was late leaving so we knew not to expect her, but then we got a call saying that Candice had been in an accident
I ran up to pick her up and then we got back and watched the final bits of the action.

Ethen called me while I was driving and told me that he saw a bunch of Star Wars guys in the parade. Bryon told me later that Sam was so excited to see them too that he went and gave Ethen a hug.

Rebekah's favorite was anything that had a horse attached to it.

They actually had the huge balloons that take 30 people to keep them on the ground. Sam loved those.

We went swimming at the Legacy Center until they closed at 3. I didn't get any pictures of that. I think Candice did though. Rebekah and Ethen were excited to show off all the their swim lesson skills and Ethen could finally touch the bottom which made it really nice. It took some time to get Sam to accept the fact that it was just like the shower, then he had fun.

We went to our house for a BBQ and then the fireworks started.

Bryon lit off a loud one first and that spoiled it for Sam. I spent most of the night on the couch looking out the window at the pretty colors. That was as far as he would get to the action.

I was able to see the neighbor girl throw a sparkler at Candice not once but twice, burning her back, her blanket and Erik's hand when he tried to get it away from everyone.

We had two families that weren't ours come out to watch. We found out just last night that the people across the street sat and watched from their windows. HELLO!!! they should have come outside.

After spending $50 on fireworks, Bryon was ready to forget the whole thing and go somewhere and watch other people waste their money. After the kids had a blast and we entertained most of the street, I think he changed his mind.

Grandma wanted to sleep on the tramp, so everyone piled out there. Rebekah and Ethen showed their skills before they all went to sleep.