4th of July Weekend

 We had a busy 4th of July weekend with family and it was so much fun. It started off on the 3rd we went to Corgan's birthday party. It is crazy that he is now 16 years old! When Nate turned 16 his parents were out of town and so he was with Aaron and Rachel on his birthday. It was right before they got married and they got Nate a barbie for his first girlfriend so we returned the favor and got one for Corgan.

4th of July hair for Paige- it was a nice relaxing morning for us. We decided to get our fireworks at the reservation last night since we were so close to it after Corgan's party. For the morning we had a ward breakfast at Covington Community Park which was really nice and the food was great and then until about 2:30 I finished making my pasta salad and made some brownies and Baylor got a nap in before heading over to Nona and Pops house.

 The kids had fun painting rocks and some of us did an escape room that Mike sent up in one of the bedrooms upstairs. We just visited and helped get dinner ready.

Then it was BBQ time. Baylor loved her cheetos! :)

Cade making sure the homemade ice cream wasn't poisonous.

Then Aaron and Lily planned some really fun games for us all to enjoy. It helped me get some ideas for our upcoming Peterson family reunion that I am in charge of. 

Showing off their tails for tiger tag.

The last game which was super fun to watch the kids go crazy- the human pinata. 

Next the annual picture on the front porch before heading to Anna and Scott's house for dessert and fireworks.

I just sat back and watched most of the time which I love to do. I prefer watching fireworks and it was cute watching Paige get helped by Nate for some of her own. I loved just visiting and holding Baylor most of the time since she wasn't a fan of the really loud ones. She did much better than I expected which was great.

Tank wars

Both girls weren't big fans of the noise from the tanks.

Nate and Adam have been best friends since the beginning of time and they both got a friendship fountain. It was so funny to watch them do them together and watch the fountain while they held hands. We all got lots of laughs and they always have a great time when they are together especially when fireworks are involved. 

 We ended our awesome day with going back to Dale and Margaret's house and heading to the lake to watch the big firework show there. It was the end to a perfect day!

Friday we got up nice and early so that we could be at Northwest Trek right when it opened. It is somewhere that I have always wanted to go but never have and Nona and Pops were treating all the family and so it was another fun day filled with cousin and family time.

 It is kind of like a zoo but more open areas and has animals native to this area. It was really fun and cool to see a lot of the animals close up.

 Learning center fun

Watching the otters swim back and forth in front of us. They were my favorite to watch.

 We ended the day with playing at the playground there and the girls had fun putting their feet in the water. 

Carly came over after dinner and had a sleepover at our house. Paige and Carly had fun Saturday playing at the park, painting, crafting, and just doing whatever they could together. Then Saturday afternoon was Brett's baptism. It was a really special day for Brett and I am so grateful that I am his aunt and that I get to be a part of his life. Oneil is a year older than Paige and Brett is 9 months older and they both just recently got baptized and I love their amazing examples to Paige and how she gets to see what is like right before she turns 8. She is so excited to be baptized!

 Then Saturday evening all of the older kids got to go and do laser tag with the men. They had a lot of fun and Nona, Anna, and I were with the little girls who got to stay back and play with each other.

 It was such a fun weekend and Paige loved the constant cousin time and I loved visiting with family. I love having family around and spending time with them and having their support.