Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Everybody loves the 4th of July!

Right? I mean who doesn't just LOVE the 4th of July! This year it fell on a Saturday so Discover Card paid us to be off on Friday. So Matt and I and the kids were home all day together Friday, and that NEVER happens. The exciting event of the day was FINALLY getting our shutters! We have waited for 6 months for these babies! It is great to have privacy, and now my bedroom is almost pitch black! **For those LA relatives, it is similar to the dungeon room at Maw-Maws, and it rocks!!**
We woke up on Saturday the 4th and headed up to Park City for an overnight trip with Matt's brother Greg and his wife Alex, Matt's sister Kristen and her husband Dave, Alex's mom, Claudia, Alex's sister Natalie and her hubby Rob, Alex's brother Daniel and his girlfriend Erin. Oh, and all the kiddos..Lauren and Jamie and my nieces Isabella and Maddy.

This was my first time riding the Alpine Slides and riding the Roller Coaster. It was a blast and the kids had soo much fun Here is my fam riding the ski-lift:
In front of us were Kristen and Dave and Greg and Alex and Bella:
A view of our hotel and the pool, from up in the air....
And the view from down into the valley from the top of the mountain:
Such great little kiddos...Alex with Isabella, Lauren, and Jamie. I just love pictures taken from the back, so sweet:
Kristen and Dave, baking in the sun:
Matt and Greg, brothers and best friends:
The kiddos didn't exactly ENJOY the waiting for the rides. These three were like the Three Muskateers...I am so glad we are family!
Isabella and Alex. The kids went all day without a nap, we ALL paid for it the next day, he he he!
After riding the rides, we chilled in our awesome and huge room and went for a swim. Here is Jamie waiting to go to the pool. From the side, you can see he still has those chubby cheeks that he was so famous for!
The girls got a kick out of Alex's brother, Daniel. Thanks for the entertainment Daniel!
We finished up the night watching the fireworks. I brought some "Poppers" and the kids had fun throwing them while waiting for the show, and uh, not so much fun sharing them!
Bella had her special chair and her special dad!
Kristen and Dave snuggled up waiting for the fireworks.
Me and my honey, extreme closeup! We laughed about this being our 15th July 4th together! And still kickin'!
Matt entertained Jamie by tossing him in the air, and he LOVED it. Obviously!
I just adore that smile! After the fireworks, we got in our PJs..the girls had matching Jammies that I had bought them. Oh, they thought they were so cool! And we did too!!
The plan was for them all to share a bed, sadly they didn't make it through the night..but they did stop for a second to pose for a "fake sleeping" pic. Nice fake-sleep-face Jamie, who sleeps with cereal IN their mouth?? Yup, he would be mine! Here is a picture of the fireworks...Everyone loves the 4th of July, right? Oh, I sure do. It always makes me realize how wonderful life is, and how I have so much to be grateful for. Like being surrounded by family thatI love so very much, or maybe just being thankful that I finally have a digital camera, even if the date says July 5th on all my July 4th pics. Life is great! And special thanks to Greg and Alex...all of our fun times recently involve you! Is this a theme? I hope so!

7 comments:

Beth said...

I love all the pics... You guys look so happy! I can hear the conservations now...LOL
Jamie is so sweet.!
I need to meet Miss Lauren

Lamb Fam said...

Isn't the 4th the best? Looks like you guys had a great time! Funny- we were in PC, too! We just went up for dinner and fireworks, though. Your fam is darling and your kiddos are getting so big! xoxo

Misty said...

Oh I love it! What a great trip -- it looks like you all had so much fun! Isn't family the greatest? (And congrats on the shutters -- they're so cute!) :)

Mom of three ♥ said...

That looks like it was fun for you guys. I just went last night up to Park City and rode the alpine slide and ate at the yummy Cantina for a girls night out!

Anonymous said...

dungeon room at maw maw's??

Rachel Lovato said...

To: lyttlesport

Yeah..the dungeon room at Maw-Maws! The room by the back door, where I used to always sleep..no windows, so when the light is off it is totally black! The perfect place to sleep!!!

Christy said...

What a fun weekend. I am glad that you could have a great time with even better company.