4th of July in Utah

Danny is the love of my life and I am so glad I married him! We went up to Utah for the 4th to look around and see where we want to live and in the mean time we had a lot of fun. We drove to St. George and Cedar City to check it out and saw some friends we hadn't seen for years. We drove up and down the state and needless to say we are happy to be out of the car. We were in Koosharem for the 4th and loved it. The kids played with their cousins from sunrise to sunset, they were exhausted at the end of everyday. The weather was beautiful. We are looking forward to spending more time there. Danny and Lindy had a high school reunion. We left the kids (except Jake) in Koosharem with mom and dad Torgersen and had a night out. Danny and Lindy had fun catching up with old friends near their old high school in Junction, UT.

Danny passed out some funny awards for most changed and unchanged, who was still stuck in the 80's. I was suprised he didn't get that award himself.

Jake and I hung out most of the evening. There were alot of kids there and Jake likes to push other kids down, so he spent some time in the stroller.

Matt was the photographer for the evening. He got a lot of great shots. This was one of my favorites. The weather was perfect.

I love these 2 and I am so happy we got to spend some time together. We don't get to see Matt and Lindy very often and when we do we are usually surrounded by children, so this was a welcome night out with adults. The funny thing was we watched " Meet the Robinsons" in the car on the way to and from! We are all just big kids at heart.

Lindsey and Megan played together all week long and they had so much fun! They love to drive Papa Don's lawn mower.

Mom is holding baby Ellie, (lindy's 5th baby) Launi has baby Evie. Damian is just looking pretty for the camera. These little girls could make anyone baby hungry. I love them and Evie's little cheeks are edible.

This is Jake at the 4th of July parade waiting for the action to start.

Danny's home town is so dang cute. We had a yummy pancake breakfast and then all of the cousins got in the back of Aunt Penny and Uncle Norm's truck and got to be in the parade. The kids threw candy out to the kids watching from side.
Jake was hanging out with his twin Papa Don watching the parade.

Lauren and spencer won a prize for winning their race. (Everyone is a winner)

Aydon and Dallin were getting ready for the water balloon race. These to were also inseperable from the moment we got there. They were getting a little hot here. They stared a water balloon fight after this was over. They had so many fun things for the kids to do. All sorts of games and inflatable water slides. It was great.

Lindy and I were last place in the water balloon race. We were laughing to hard to walk and we all know what happens when you laugh to hard after having four kids. You have to stop and cross your legs so you don't pee your pants.

The kids playing Bingo! Aydon was so happy when he won because the prize was a cold root beer. His favorite.

Lindsey and Bejamin running the 2 and under race. They are so stinkin cute!

Danny gave all the kids a ride on Toby. My girls are INLOVE with horses, especially Lauren. Another reason we are so excited to spend more time in Koosharem. They were in heaven.

The girls were constantly busy doing something baking cookies (Mikayla baked cookies, everyone else just ate the dough.) These were the BEST cookies and there is only 3 ingredients in them.

These girls killed me. They looked so dang cute. Grandma has the best dress up clothes ever! Mikayla did their make up and hair and then they did a fashion show for us. Lauren was always posing for the camera.

I don't know if you can see the rainbow in this picture. Danny, Jake and I were riding out in the fields on the fourwheeler and it just started pouring on us, within a few minutes it past and then there was a rainbow. It was really pretty over the mountains, not to mention I love the smell of rain on the grass. We had a great trip. I am going to stay in California with the kids until Danny gets things situated in Utah for us and then we will be off. So for now I am going to enjoy time with family and friends in Smokey California before we move. I was trying to make Utah look as appealing as I could in hopes that any of our friends and family would want to move with us. Any takers?