Independence Day

We had a fun and busy weekend! Jesse's ten year high school reunion was Friday night so we went to Malad then came back Saturday afternoon and spent some time with my family. It was a fun weekend! Happy 4th of July!

We came back from the reunion to find Kaden in heaven. Grandpa Wakley gave all the grandkids rides on the lawn mower. Kaden will expect a ride every time he goes to Malad now! Thanks Grandpa!

All of the Wakley cousins minus Kallee.

Ellie was in the best mood at the parade! She was so excited for all the candy and the horsies.

Kaden was another story. He was grouchy because dad still hadn't taken him to get fireworks, he got smacked in the face with a hand full of dumdum suckers from one of the floats and got soaked with water from the fire truck. Not what he expected for the parade.

Jesse and his best friend and cousin from Malad, Trace and Jake. You guys look good! Hahahaha! Especially the one on the left!

Malad has kids foot races at the park on the fourth. They separate into all the different age groups. One parent is on starting line and one on the finish line. Ellie was doing awesome but then stopped halfway and turned around to look at me. Go Ellie!

Kaden was so funny! He had a huge cheeser on his face the whole time he ran. He kept telling me how he beat all the kids.... not really but he didn't need to know that!

We had a bbq and fire work show at our house in Poky that night. As usual the snaps were the biggest hit with the kids. Except for Ellie who couldn't throw them hard enough to snap them.

We got rained out for an hour or so that night. I took a picture of the clouds because they were pretty crazy looking. When I say rained out I mean flooded-out. The next day church was cancelled in Inkom and parts of Chubbuck to help people in their flooded basements. Our house stayed dry thank heavens. On our drive home from Malad we got stuck in a hail storm with hail about an inch in diameter that left about 30 little dents in our car. Grrrrr......