Sunday, July 12, 2009

Las Vegas and the 4th

We spent the 4th in Eden with Spencer's family. They have a fun little parade. Parker was terrified last year by all the loud noises. But this year he got the hang of grabbing the candy that gets thrown and he LOVED it! :)





After the parade we went to the little carnival they have there with Uncle Perry and cousin Breyden




Parker got to bounce on the bouncy slides and won his first pet- a little frog!


That night we lit off our own fireworks outside on the street. Parker loved it half of the time and hid in the van for the other half of the time. :)




Afterwards our own fireworks we watched the Wolf Creek fireworks from the balcony. It was a great fourth of July!






Grandpa, grandma and Aunt Camille enjoying the show.





We also went to Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago for our good friends Allan and Rachel's wedding. It was really nice. We also stayed with my cousin's Jana and Joe and their cute family. I loved spending time with them. Playing in the hot Vegas sun.



Love the Vegas fountains


Parker and his 2nd cousin- Livy Went












Ben and his second cousin- Kellen Went


The kids: Parker and Ben. Zoey, Livy and Kellen Went. It was so fun to be there with them. Parker terrorized the girls and the two little boys had fun interacting. The adults went out and had good conversations. Jana's father, my uncle, passed away the week before we got there. It was good to talk to Jana about him and life in general. With his passing I realize all the more what is most important in life. He was a simple, genuine man and left a beautiful legacy.
Allan and Rachel Enlow.













Parker did pretty good considering we had just driven for hours and hours in the car and he was supposed to sit quietly at a restaurant but finally we had to get out the laptop and let him watch CARS. Afterwhich we hardly heard from him. :)



Allan, Rachel and their little girl, Gracie. The happy married family.

5 comments:

Shannon & Summer said...

That is cool for Allen! I am jealous of all your trips you are taking! Can't wait to see pics of Hawaii! P.s. Yummy calzones! I need the recipe!

The Farrell Family said...

Looks like you guys have been having lots of fun this summer! So many great pics of you guys. Ben looks like such a happy guy. So cute. :)

That's cool you guys did that relay. We have one like that here from Mt. Hood to the Oregon Coast. I have always thought it would be cool to do it. Maybe someday. :) Let's talk soon!

Megan and Keli'i said...

Erin! We CANNOT wait to see you! Any day works for us! We are just stoked to see you guys. I will definitely call you, but I'll also leave you my phone number in your facebook message. Love you!

Emily said...

Looks fun! Ok...can't believe how this summer has completly gotten away from me! We leave this coming Saturday. I don't know if you have any plans to come down to Provo this week at all...give me a call if you do. Sorry I didn't email sooner...good intentions, horrible follow through.

Ben and Lori said...

Awesome! That was so cool to see pictures of Allens wedding! We're so happy for him! I'm so sad that we missed it.