4th of July 2013

For the 4th of July we went to Racoon State Park with some friends and family  The weather didn't look to good. Luckily, it turned out to be a beautiful day. 

The kids loved swimming.  Hayden swam all day and didn't want to leave.

Amelia grabbed a tube and swam on her own most of the day.  She had a blast.

They also played in the sand.


The boys grilled on the disposable charcoal grills.


The kids enjoyed their lunch of mainly chips!


Phil wanted to rent a boat so the boys got one and rowed down to us.


Then the kids took turns riding in it. 

Hayden and Kennedy really enjoyed it.


Amelia hated it.

We stayed from 11 am to 4pm.

We got home and later were too tired to make dinner.  The pizza place by us was closed so we ate at Eat N Park since kids eat for 99 cents.

Then we went to the Smith's house.  We did some sparklers.

Poor Amelia got scared when a neighbor let off a firework rieht above us.  None of us were expecting it so she was so upset.


We watched Scott Twp fireworks from the road.  Hayden held his ears b/c the neighbors kept lighting big fireworks right above us so it was loud.

It was a great 4th of July so we weren't too upset to break our tradition of going to Kennywood.  (we decided not too since we went to Lagoon and will be going to Idlewild in a few weeks)

Lagoon

 
While in utah we also spent one day at an amusement park called Lagoon. All of the cousins came and they had a blast. Hayden loved the roller coaster and running around with his older cousins. Amelia was happy to ride in kiddie land with Claire.

We got this awesome old time photo while there.

Hayden's regular scowl is perfect for these type of pictures.
Amelia loved her dress and headband and was just twirling and smiling the whole time. Hayden was happy to have guns and ammo.

Funny story. While there we ran into my old boyfriend. What are the chances!?  Ha ha.


Overall another great day.  That is it for our Utah posts. 

Red Cliff Recreation Area and St George

We spend one morning doing the short hike in Red Cliff Recreation area.  It was different scenery but still very nice.


We hiked to the first pool/waterfall area.  The waterfalls were pretty dry.


Mike and I hiked further to the next pool.

The entire area was so pretty.


I saw this part of the mountain that looked like darth vader.


This part looked like an indian.



Hayden had a great time climbing like a big kid.


Both kids loved playing in the sand.



The rest of the time we hung out at our resort.  The kids loved swimming in one of 4 pools.


Well everyone except Amelia.  She decided this trip she did not like swimming.  Which is weird because we went swimming a few days before we left to go to utah and she loved it.  Instead she played in this airplane thing.


We also played mini golf, volleyball, pickle ball, basketball, tennis, etc.  And watched movies.  It was a good time.