July 2012 Catch Up

Uh, yeah..... well, it's been a while since I posted photos and family doings. 

We had a nice little 4th of July at my mom's house...just the three of us. We watched the fireworks through the trees from Sugarhouse Park.  Then, we lit off our own little fountains...by "we" I mean "Eric" lit them off. Here are a few of the pictures:

July 11, we went to dinner to celebrate Eric's dad's birthday. John and Laura bought dinner for their family and friends. Here are the pictures I liked:

July 24, Eric and I spent the evening at my Mom's house. Richard, Andrew, Collin, and Marcus joined us; As well as Eric's mom, Kathy, Evan and Chance. I made some jello popcorn  I pinned on Pinterest.  We had a great time!

This kind of sums up our July 2012.  We enjoyed our summer, watched sunsets, relaxed in our nice cool basement playing video games.

Missing Videos

Last time I posted, my computer was having an internal battle with itself and therefore, me, and didn't want to post any videos (small or large), so I'm trying again today: The first one is from the reunion weekend.

It starts right into the water weenie crashing:


The next several videos are from the Pioneer Day Rodeo in Kamas:








We had such a great time while Sandy was in town. I always realize just how much I miss having her home when she's here.

Pioneer Day

Yesterday was Utah's big holiday: Pioneer Day (or the 24th of July). I've always enjoyed watching the big Days of 47 Parade on TV...I haven't been to one in person for about 6 years, and really, I'm okay with that. It's always too hot! The sun blares down harshly and it loses its appeal pretty fast - so I usually stay in and watch it on TV. That is, except for this year. I didn't watch the parade - but I saw some of the floats on the freeway.

One thing I did this year, that I've never done on the 24th is to go to a rodeo. It's a very Utah thing to do, but I've never gone. This year, Elise was a princess in the Kamas parade and also rode out before the rodeo, so Eric and I went up in the evening to watch the parade and the rodeo. Yeah that was fun and I can now check that off my "Life To-Do List."

Princess Elise was happy to see her Aunt Tina

Andrew and Collin wave to Smokey the Bear in hopes that candy will be thrown their way
One of my lucky shots of a bull rider. All four limbs of the bull are up off the ground and it looks a bit like the cowboy might be considering a bail out
Another great lucky shot. I love the dirt kicked up for the bull.
This was my daily shot - I laughed pretty good when Sandy made her presence known.

Richard, Cynthia and Marcus look like they might be done for the night.

Of course, what would July 24th be without a fireworks display?


Wanna see some more pictures? Go to my flickr page (click on the icon to the right), or click here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tmlizzyirwin/sets/72157606371349716/

My computer is flipping out, so I wasn't able to load up the videos I took of the rodeo, so I will load those up later.