Cows, Horses, and Pigs.....OH MY!!

Saturday Night we thought it might be fun to do something a little different than usual, so we headed over to Thanksgiving Point. We wandered around for a bit through the beautiful flower gardens, and then hit the farm! Maleah was getting a kick out of all the animals and loved petting MOST of them...the Llama and her, however, didn't hit if off! You can see in one of the pictures above how they are leaning away from each other! Good times! We even went on a THRILLING horse carriage ride around the farm.....

splish! splash! swimming is a blast!

This summer Maleah and I have been spending our time at the pool whenever possible! Maleah loves to run in and out of the pool, and play in the water spouts. If only summer would never end!

Fourth of July!*!*!*

Watching the parade!

Probably my favorite float in the parade

Playing in the fountain at the park
Maleah loved waving hi to the frogs on the fountain..

great grandma eating her cotton candy with a fork! classic!

Watching fireworks on grandpa's shoulders

The fourth is a big holiday in our family, as well as a very LOOOOOOOONG busy day. We always start the morning out with the Freedom Festival parade downtown Provo, thanks to the youngsters who stay overnight to hold all us old folks a spot on the street :) After the parade we head down to a gorgeous private park reserved for us and all our relatives and just BBQ and socialize for the afternoon... then we head down to my side of the family and eat yet again (nothin like 2 bbq's in the same day!) and play some games. Fireworks come last....so it's a miracle if we watch them peacefully without chasing a whiny, screaming toddler who just wants to go to bed! (maybe that's why I have no pictures of us and the fireworks...) Over all, it's always a blast and look forward to the next big 4th! And don't forget 3 cheers for Kristi not getting hauled down to the station in handcuffs this fourth of july....things are looking up ;)

My little goofball

After a while, Maleah apparently decided she was tired of the right end of the sucker, and thought it might be fun to lounge in her Dora chair and smoke a lollipop cigar! She was cracking herself up....and me!