4th of July

What is sad is that I do not have any pictures from the actual 4th of July.

What is not sad is that we had a great extended weekend of fun!

Saturday our ward had a pancake breakfast with bike parade. The pancakes were plentiful and yummy with all sorts of baked in treats including: gummy bears, chocolate chips and various fruits. Decorating bikes was a great deal of fun, so was riding them. Jon only wanted his decorated- he did not want to ride. Peter had pulled Arabella in the trailer and the boys rode their bikes to the church. It was a true test for Jon and Peter. They made it though!

After the kids rode around there was shaved ice. We have tried to find block ice here and have been unsuccessful so we bought some molds and have made our own. We stockpiled and shared in the shaved ice goodness with the ward. Of course, everyone loved it!

Does she look good or what!

Peter the master of ice mutilation. Although, the kids and several members of the ward were impressed to see that I could make a decent shaved ice.

Joey decorated all by himself and is a great rider. He rides his bike almost every morning when Peter takes Sasha for a run.

Arabella's favorite part was having little girls to play with!

We simply enjoyed the rest of Saturday and Sunday.

Monday, we had Peter's sourdough pancakes with Magelby's syrup for breakfast- Jon says they are dad's super special secret recipe pancakes. Then we went to a friend's house to swim and grill and yes we took the shaved ice machine. We swam for almost 4 hours. It was wonderful! The kids had a great time and Jon did some superb swimming. We through some ice blocks in the pool and timed them to see how fast they melted. It took about 6 minutes. Thank you Ostermillers for the funnest day. Finally we stuck with the tradition of the past few years and went to see a movie. When you live in places where it is blistering hot it is nice to do something cool and air conditioned. We saw Cars 2 and it was enjoyed by all. As we left the theater, the fireworks in various cities were going off and we watched them over the trees as we drove home. All in all it was a great day! This is a great country and I am so grateful I live here.