July 4th Festivities

Well, once again, I did a LAME job of taking pictures on our trip and I'm SO mad at myself. I don't even have an excuse, my camera was in my bag on my shoulder the WHOLE TIME!

Gary and I took off up to Utah Thursday and had a really fun time celebrating and spending time with our family! Luckily, Ryan and Jess were visiting from Canada the same time so we all got to be together for the weekend!

Friday morning we went to a burial of my cousin's little baby. It was such a wonderful burial and I'm glad we actually were able to be there for it.

This is Haley. She saw me for the first time since our arrival at the burial and nearly jumped out of her dress as she RAN over to hug me...during the program. It was cute. We were little buddies this trip. She's getting so old!! (And, it was her Birthday this day as well!)After the program, we gathered at my parent's house for a little birthday celebration for Haley. We sang Happy Birthday a couple times, had cake and ice cream and then Haley opened up some presents. After all of that, I broke out some Crackers that I had made on our way up. This is a tradition from my childhood. Every Christmas Dinner, one of these would be on every one's plate and we'd all open them up at the same time before dinner. So when I saw on someones blog how to make them yourself...you bet I was all over that!We all pulled them open at the same time I filled them with Starburst and a little note. Of course, the REAL reason I made them was that I thought it would be a fun way to make a little announcement...So, after we pulled the Crackers, everyone went for all the Starburst all over the floor and it took them a while to actually pick up the note and read it...I think Jason was the first one to pick it up. As soon as he read the little note attached to the ultrasound he started freaking out and tried to unroll the ultrasound picture as fast as he could to confirm his suspicions. I have to admit, it was really fun to tell my family. I was worried that it wouldn't be as exciting to tell them as it was for us when we found out, but it was almost even better! After we told our family, we went to a BBQ with Gary's family and to share more of our fun Crackers with them too! I actually got a video this time...same thing happened, all the kids went for the candy and it took a while for someone to even read the note. Thank goodness Alexa got curious!

July 4th Freedom Run - Gary and I have ran the Freedom Run every year since we met...we LOVE running it and want to run it EVERY year!

Here is little Austin. The youngest of the Salmon Grandkids. He too is getting so big! And has the cutest smile you've ever seen!

Of course you can't celebrate July 4th without some swimming...right?

Later that night, Gary and I met his family to watch the fireworks from the Stadium of Fire while we played with some of our own! (I need to get these pictures from you Sarah)

And now we're back home...and I'm really bugged that I did not get very many pictures of our fun weekend. I guess we'll just have to go visit again soon.