24th

I don't update my blog nearly as much as I used to, which is ironic seeing I spend more time sitting on my bum than I used too... I guess it is because life sitting on your bum isn't nearly as adventurous as it is when you are not sitting on your bum. We did have a couple of fun things happen in our lives though. (This is part of our campaign to convince my family that they should move up here.) We live in the best little town. Let me explain:
On Saturday we had a 24th of July celebration extravaganza. Brandon and I have lived here a cumulative total of 3 years yet we have never participated in this celebration. (We are usually gone with family over the 24th) Well, this year, we had to go to the parade because Brandon was on our ward float. Brandon was an ice cream scooper on the Rootbeer Float...float. Since we had never attended this parade/celebration we naively thought the festivities were over with the parade, but we were blissfully wrong. Apparently after the parade each year a flag ceremony is planned followed by FOOD! Lots and lots of FOOD!
Best yet, it was all free. (Now this isn't a yearly occurrence, I've been told. Usually the food costs about $1. But this year, it was free.) It was so awesome, we could get whatever we wanted, as much as we wanted and all for the very low price of FREE! Fun times. There were tacos (with homemade/mad on the spot tortillas), fried chicken, hamburgers and hot dogs, really yummy french fries, watermelon, pie and ice cream, elephant ears (scones) and cotton candy. So delicious! I should have gotten more food.... (The way this worked was each ward was in charge of 1-2 food booths and the majority of the food was donated or came out of the ward budget. And yes, this was a community event, not a church production...but, we were celebrating the 24th of July....)
After food, there were games and races. (Which, if you've read Gwen's blog, do NOT be fooled. Greg did not win, Greg cheated. Brandon totally kicked their trash. My husband is amazing!) Kameryn even ran in a race, but she got 2 feet from the finish line and just stopped and looked back at me. Silly girl.
There was a live fish pond where the kids took turns trying to catch live fish. (We couldn't get Kami to get in. She wanted to, but I think there were too many people around for her...and me)
Anyway, it was such a fun day. We got to enjoy the company of all our friends and our community. We really do live in a great place. I guess if I can't convince my family to come here, I can at least convince them that it is the place to be on the 24th.