Happy 4th!

Well, we decided to break tradition this year and fore go the Bee's Baseball game. Julia and I got up before the crack of dawn and headed down to Provo to see them do the hot air balloons. My mom, and Kristy came with the kids. Surprisingly, they all did really well and were all excited to see the balloons. It was super early but well worth it. Christian stayed home with daddy and got some extra sleep. I was glad because it was certainly nice not to have to chase him around the whole time.

They had about 25 different hot air balloons that were set to go off. You were able to walk around and talk to the pilots and the different people and ask about their balloons. It was so neat to see all of them up close. And all of them going up at once was a cool sight. It all happens so fast and before you know it you have tons of balloons lifting off the ground.

They blow up the balloons with big fans

Then they FIRE it up!





Ready for take off

Up, Up and away!

It was a sight to see

After the balloons launched we headed home and decided to wait a little while before we took our naps. We kinda just relaxed all day until we went over to grandma/grandpa Mott's house for a 4th of July BBQ and pictures. Since fireworks were banned in Alpine this year we all thought we wanted to go down to Thanksgiving Point this year and watch fireworks but we all were just worn out and didn't want to fight the traffic or the crowds. But the food and company was wonderful and its always a workout to try and get family pictures done. We always try to take to many and after the 20th picture everyone has had it. But afterwards we all just got to sit around and talk and relax.

The 2 cutie boys!

Gma Mott and ALL the grandkids :)

2 handsome boys!

Always on the move

The newest addition, Peyton

The 4 big girls

After we went home for the evening we watched some of the fireworks on T.V. Layne and Julia went for an ice cream and found a high place to watch some actual fireworks. The fire was still burning on the mountain so we also sat and watched that most of the night too. But thankfully the next day is when the rain came and put out most of the fire!

The fire light up the night

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!