Kilt-O-Sac of Fire 2015

 In the Smith family the 4th of July is a highly anticipated holiday and we sure had a lot of fun this year.

Paige's hair turned out great this year compared to last. Much longer hair to work with was nice. :)

Drawing of the firework circle.

 Paige insisted that she wanted to write her own name this year.

 Look at all those cute kiddos.

 The middle circle always looks amazing every year! The Smith boys are talented artists.

 We had a mostly relaxing afternoon just trying to stay cool by staying in the shade and visiting. The memorable part of the afternoon is we saw some smoke and a few people ran over to the forest which is across the street from the house and there was a fire so Rachel called 911 and we were taking buckets of water over until the firetruck arrived. I wish I would of gotten a picture but in that moment I didn't think of it.

Aaron and his family in charge of the homemade ice cream. We had a delicious dinner and then it was time for the fireworks!

 Paige and her new friend Ryan (Adam and Chelsea's nephew). They had great fun through the day and kept each other entertained.

 Adam with his backpack. :)

 Telling the rules about the circle so everyone stays safe during the lighting of fireworks.

 The first thing lit every year is smoke bombs.

 As soon as the fireworks started Paige started crying so the rest of the day she spent inside watching some shows and even took a nap. One year, maybe, she will like them.

 Brett and his parachute man.

 Action shot of Mikey catching his parachute guy.

 Snake pit.

 A few more fireworks were set. The kids are really good at taking turns. We then had delicious desserts and then it was time for the tank wars.

 The aftermath.

 Proof that I did join in some. With fireworks I am the type of person that likes to just enjoy and watch everyone else light them. 

 The pretty fountains (my favorite type of firework) was saved for the evening when it was darker. We finished up our fireworks and headed over the lake for the big firework show over Lake Meridian. It was a great day and we all can't wait until next year!

Lake House Vacation

 For the past three weeks we got to house sit for a family in our ward. They have a beautiful house on Lake Meridian and it turned out wonderful that we could "help" them out by enjoying their house and the beautiful view.

While we were there we celebrated Nate's 30th birthday. We had a fun day and had family over for ice cream cake in the evening.

 Paige didn't swim very many times in the 3 weeks that we were there. We enjoyed a few swims together as a family but mostly we enjoyed just putting our feet in the water and soaking up the view.

 Paige loved being at the house. There was lots of fun things to do.

 We got to watch the dragon boat racers practice and one night we even watched swimmers practice for the Lake Meridian Triathlon.

 Almost everyday a mama duck with her three babies would come and visit us. We fed them some bread every time they came so that they would keep coming back. It was fun to see them change in the three weeks and they always brought a smile to my face. The babies are so cute and I just wanted to hold one.

 We even did some fishing even though we didn't catch anything. Paige is a natural. :)

The second week we were there my mom came to visit for four days. I was sick so that wasn't fun but we had fun visiting and just enjoying each other's company.

My mom even got to enjoy our cute little duck family.

Paige husked corn for the first time and loved helping.

The last night my mom, Paige, and I went for a kayak ride. We went at dusk and it was beautiful and someone fell asleep half way through the ride.

 We even had a little play date one day. Paige and Wyatt enjoyed picking the raspberries and blueberries and this is something we did everyday. I love being able to go out and pick some delicious berries.

 

 Paige spent quite a bit of time in this sandbox. It was awesome that it right by the garden so that Paige could just sit there and play while Nate and I watered plants and the garden and did some outside things.

 We enjoyed doing some crafts while Nate was at work. Here Paige is working on her Father's Day gift for Nate.

 And I took some cute Father's Day photos of the cute little one.

 She loved playing with the trains. We all loved staying at the house and enjoyed our time there. Paige even wanted to go back after we moved back home. I will miss the sun going down on the lake and the beautiful view. It was a wonderful three weeks!

BBQ with Friends

 Quite a few weeks ago we had a bbq with Adam, Chelsea, and Addison. It was a lot of fun and the girls had so much fun playing together. It is funny that Nate and Adam were constantly playing together when they were younger and now their own children are doing the same.

Look at those two cuties!

 It was so cute watching Paige help Addison down the slide even though she didn't need help. Addison even insisted on having Paige help her.

 They think they are cool. :)

 This picture makes me laugh. Chelsea had the idea and it turned out perfect. Nate's post of facebook about it made me laugh. He said "I hate it when they copy us."

It was such a fun night! We are definitely going to have to do it again!