Festivities and Fun

The past week and a half have just been so much fun! Filled with lots of family :) On Saturday of the week before last Darren and I drove down to Sandy to pick up my little sister who was coming to spend the week with us. Yay! I know I have said it before but Tray just loves my siblings. When they're around Darren and I don't exist anymore ha ha so having Cassie for a week was such a treat for all of us! We wanted to make sure she had fun while here in Logan so we did all the good stuff :) We went swimming, went to the zoo, went up to USU campus, and OF COURSE went to Caspers.

Cassie helping Tray feed the ducks at the Zoo.

Family Night at Caspers :)

We had such a blast with her here and were very sad when we took her back. We had planned for my whole fam to come up on Saturday the 3rd for all the 4th of July festivities. It didn't work out though due to us finding out that Logan was doing their fireworks on Friday this year and my siblings had all already gotten Saturday off of work. So we decided to head on down and celebrate the 4th in Sandy which was just So much fun! I LOOOVE the fourth of July. It is my favorite holiday! You just can't go wrong :) My mom had the whole day planned out and we had a blast! The day started out with the Carnival that I went to every year growing up. Tray had so much fun making crafts, eating yummy treats, getting a million balloon, and riding the train. It was so much fun and so different being the parent at the carnival. Darren sacrificed much sleep to spend the whole day with us and I can't thank him enough. It really was awesome. After the carnival we went to lunch, then to a movie, there was a parade but we were all pretty pooped and opted out of that one. We then had a BBQ with all my siblings and a million of their friends and a few dates :) After the BBQ we all dawned our sweatshirts and headed out to watch fireworks (blankets had been set down earlier that day to save perfect seats of course) Sitting there surrounded by family and friends, enjoying each others company and the beautiful weather, it was SO easy to sit in wonder and amazement at this amazing country we live in. I laid there cuddled in blankets wrapped in Darren's arms watching Tray being played with by all his aunts and uncles, without one care or worry in the world. Just so very happy. 100% happy! And I realized how TRULY blessed we are. When it came time for the fireworks everyone stopped playing, found their spot on the blanket and watched the display that had been timed with patriotic music. Tray loves fireworks. Or "pop pops" as he calls them, and enjoyed them more than anyone I think :) They were awesome and our view was perfect! I couldn't have asked for a better day! A HUUGE thanks to my Mom and Dad for making it all possible. We have the best family ever!

Tray marching off toward the Carnival. He is so funny.

Tray and Daddy riding the train.

Making some crafts.

When we came home the next day we brought my little brother Quinton back with us to spend a couple days with us. Tray had a blast having his Uncle Boo all to himself for a few days. We all loved having him here and were so sad to see him go so soon! All in all it has been a great couple of weeks!

Tray loves playing any kind of ball with his Uncle.

Quin teaching Tray to play guitar.