Fourth of July Fun

I know this blog is so late. But better late than never. I just wanted to write about what we did this year for the fourth of July. I started the day out by running the Layton City fun run. It was just a 5k, and I really hadn't ran much since my half so I wasn't expecting a fabulous time. I was actually surprised when I rounded the corner and saw that I was going to finish just under 28 min. I think is was something like 27:55. That's actually a really good time for me. I'm kinda a slow runner. I ran it with Michelle, Robbie, and Haley Marriott (Micheal's fiance). Dan's Mom and Dad came out to watch us finish. They got some photo's but I look awful in them so there's no way I'll be posting them here. Afterwards Dan's parents bought us all breakfast at the park. Then I went home to shower, and get the rest of the gang ready to go see the parade.

We always go to the Layton City Parade. It's a fun tradition. My Grandma Woolsey only lives a few blocks from the parade route, so we always park at her house and walk over to it. The parade was great. Dan's parents found a nice shady spot, and we brought chairs to sit on this year. The kids enjoyed it. Then after the parade was done we headed to the carnaval in Layton park. We emptied our change jar and let the kids each pick out a small toy. Kirk bought a toy gun. We paid with four dollars in change. The poor booth clerk didn't even bother counting it out. Kate got a Chinese fan, and also a Chinese style lip stick holder. I know she's way to young to be needing a lipstick case, believe me it was all her idea. Benjamin got a little bubble toy that makes noise when you shake it. After that we booked it home to quickly make a salad, and head up to Dan's parents for a swim party. We BBQ chicken, and did potluck foods. It was fun to go swimming. Afterwards we headed home to relax. Dan, the kids, and I were all exhausted. We ended up watching the sound of music. After the movie was done we had planned on watching the fire works, but Benjamin and Kirk both had crashed. So Dan just took Kate up to his parents house. You can see some of the fire works from their deck. I love the fourth of July. Going to the parade, and the carnival was always a tradition when I was a kid. I can only remember missing it once, and that was because I was working at Chick-fil-a. I remember blowing all my money at the park carnival, and sitting under my Grandma Woolsey's big walnut tree in her back yard sipping soda pop. It's fun to be able to continue those tradition's with my own children.