Pioneer Day

We celebrated Pioneer Day on Saturday with a BBQ and fireworks at Holly and Shane’s. I love potluck BBQs. The food is always so yummy (and I always eat way too much). They had a waterslide and a slip ‘n slide set up, so the kids spent a lot of time playing in the water. Ben played basketball with the boys. Nathan was on his team and was a very nice (and patient) cousin. The girls all got in line for their turn to get glitter toes done by Taylor. Shane and Jamece put on a fancy firework show at the end of the night. It was worth staying out late for (although I questioned that when I was dragging the kids out of bed at 8:00 in the morning to get ready for church).

We forgot our camera, so I stole a few of Holly’s pictures:




We had a few boxes of sparklers left over, so we used those for our family home evening activity on Monday. It was pretty much a repeat of the fourth with sparklers becoming wands and the kids shouting Harry Potter spells at each other. I sure love those silly kids.