Saturday, July 11, 2009

July the 4th.. aka Indepedence Day

The forth of July turned out to be a Fabulous, patriotic day!

The day started out with a lovely picnic with Clint & Allison at Nielson's Grove....

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...and Clint made a DELICIOUS apple pie! How American!

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After a delicious barbecue at the Ives' house, some of us went to the Pleasant Grove City Fireworks, which were FANTASTIC this year... I am telling you.. having a full-time fire department makes a difference on the forth of July. No more lame fireworks!

This is Nate, me, and our nieces Camilla & Peyton, and hovering in the background is our nephew Parker...
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Then we met back up with Dad, Clint & Allison for a few driveway fireworks....

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Happy Independence Day!

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Summer So Far...

Summer has been good to the Ives so far. Here are some of the magical things we have done so far....

Sam & Darla got married....

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...and Nathan was the Best Man.

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There was a memorial day hike up to Battle Creek Falls....
Pictured L to R Kathy Strode, Allyssa Monson, Josh Monson, Renae Monson, Nathan & Me

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...and we visited the cemetery.

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Clint & Allison met our niece, baby Lillian Monson...

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...and Lily loved Clint :)

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I came home one night to find Nathan washing dishes like this, the dear....

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We went to the Strawberry Days Rodeo...

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...and Allie discovered the beauty of Strawberries & Cream

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The old roommates got together because my BFF Mary came home from her mission...

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...and some of us took a tour of the conference center on that Sunday afternoon.

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I've decided to do the 4th of July in it's own post, so tune in next time for more summertime adventures!