Manti Adventures and the 4th of July

 Aubrey and William came and stayed for a month with Grandpa and Grandma Barclay so they could be in the Manti Mormon Miracle Pageant.  That meant lots of fun and business and Grandma and Grandpa's house. They decided to have a lemonade stand with real lemonade made from real squeezed lemons.  They also made a lemonade slush that just happened to fall out of the freezer on one occasion and spill all over the floor. :-) A very busy, but very fun day. Andrea had a blast helping them. She even earned $5 that day. The kids made way more money than I ever made in one day from a lemonade stand.

 Mom was making scrapbook pages for her drill team reunion and Rachel was having a blast pulling all the little pieces of paper out of the garbage as she put them in.

 Grandpa's favorite time with his girls.  I think they really enjoyed it too.

 There were tons of fires in Utah this summer including one by the cabin in Fairview. This picture was a fire in the Mount Pleasant Indianola area.  We watched it burn as we went to the drive in movie with Ken and Lindsi.

 The kids had a blast jumping off the couch onto the pillows. Look at this awesome action picture.

 The kids also loved climbing on the hand rails. Not particularly loved by the parents.

 Look how cute all of these kids are playing together. They had a blast together.

 Andrea and mom did swimming lessons again this summer. Andrea loved it. She's doing her seal walk in this picture. She was fantastic at everything except going under the water. She's still not too big of a fan of that.

 We went swimming one day with all the cousins.

 Rachel loves the water. She gets so excited when she gets in the water.

 Andrea and Leah had a blast together! They absolutely loved having a week together. They got into everything, including Kayla's clothes and high heals like in this picture, but they were always so adorable.

 The kids are playing red light green light. They were having a blast.

 Leah Lou. She is so adorable.

 Eventually Red Light Green Light turned into tackle William because he cheated. :-)

 Having more cousin fun together!

 We were a little exhausted at Landon's baby blessing, so Camille was enjoying a nice makeover from all the little girls.

 We stopped to say hi to Matt and Melanie on our way back. Here's Mario, I mean Steve enjoying some time with Colette. :-)

 D'Enna is trying to reach for Andrea's food in this picture. Cute little D'Enna will take food from anyone and everyone. In fact, the night before the 4th of July while eating dinner. She ate from almost every kids plate. :-)

 They love their cuddle time with Grandpa. Rachel, Grandpa, Landon, and Andrea

 I was trying to sort through and clean out my room, so my mom wouldn't have to do it when they move, so while down there we found my mom's wedding and other dresses, so Camille did a little fashion show for all of us. 

 Elliott is great with babies. He had fun holding Rachel.

 We had so much fun at Markell's Grandma's house on the 3rd of July for a BBQ and Gunnison's fireworks.  We ate, played games, and watched fireworks. It was a lot of fun.

 Grandma and baby Landon. So precious.

 Our cute little family watching fireworks at Markell's Grandma's house.

 Camille tried to make glow in the dark bubbles using a glow stick and bubbles. It kind of worked. It was something she found on pinterest. :-)

 Our Manti 4th of July Celebration. Each dad made an awesome rocket for their kid(s) to launch. Here's Ken making one for Gunner

 Scott making one for Casen.

 Daddy making one for Andrea.

 And Tyson making one for Landon.

 The launching mechanism was pretty awesome. I'm pretty sure Steve and the boys will make one for one our family reunions.

 The races. Steve, Scott, and Brad raced in the open race.

 Mom and Andrea in the 3-legged race.

 Aubrey and William in the 3-legged race.

 Super cute Rachel is 6 months old today!

 Andrea and Leah searching in the haystack for coins.

 Andrea and Chancho at the park.  It was pretty fun trying to take Chancho with us to get ice cream and such. Andrea wanted to take him everywhere, but it was a little hard with so many people.

We got to go swimming with the Peacock family and friends. It was awesome. We had the entire pool to ourselves (50 People), but it was pretty much just our family in the water it was a blast! We got to go on the slide, have splashing games in the lazy river and such. It was so much fun.

We watched fireworks up on the temple hill. What a perfect 4th of July with family. We were so grateful to be able to spend time with almost all of my siblings at the same time before we took off the next morning and moved to California. I look forward to when it happens again. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for letting us stay at  your house and live with you for a month and a half. We loved every minute of it.