Long Overdue post

For the 4th of July we headed to my small hometown in Wyoming. This has been our 3rd year in a row, and I think we'll continue to make it a tradition. I'd much rather visit Wyoming in the summer than in the dead of winter anyway. It was a quick trip, but we had a great time visiting with family. On Friday morning Jeff's dad got out the horse (Nugget) for the kids to ride, they were so excited, this was Morgan's first time on a horse and Ian's 3rd time (but it has been a LONG time for him). All the grand kids that were there took turns with grandpa leading the horse around the circular drive way. Morgan didn't want to be on the horse at first, but got used to it, and liked it a little bit towards the end.

On Friday night we went to the annual fireworks show put on by a local orthodontist, He does a spectacular job and puts on a program with music and narration along with the fireworks. This is no ordinary little fireworks show, and it seems to get better and bigger every year.

Saturday was the parade, which is not that great, but fun for the kids to get candy and sprayed by the firetrucks at the end. Jeff ran the 1/2 marathon, unfortunately I couldn't find the camera that morning, so there's no pictures of him coming in from the race. His brother ran and his two sisters, walked, they all did an awesome job. The rest of the day was spent lazily laying around, and Morgan took a SUPER DUPER LONG nap, which I was so grateful for. We had a yummy BBQ, and after dinner we ran up to visit my Nana. When we got back we had our own little fireworks show. There is absolutely nothing that is illegal there, in fact ALL day long and ALL night there are firecrackers and fireworks going non-stop. It's nice that my in laws live out of town, so we don't have to hear it all day.

Sunday we left early because Jeff had to get back to pack for scout camp the following week. We left Ian to spend the week with his cousins and stay for Grandma Jo camp. He had a great time, and can't stop talking about it. It was nice to have some time away from my boys, but I missed them and couldn't wait for them to come back.

This is my sweet niece Gracie sitting with Morgan. We had a fun visit with my sister-in-law and brother-in-laws kids a few days before heading to Wyoming, they drove all the way from Tennessee, it was fun having them stay with us for a couple of days

Morgan is not too sure about being on that big horse

Grandpa was trying to teach Ian how to lead the horse and make that clicking sound that the real cowboys make when riding

Grandma Jo Camp - these pictures are so small because I took them off my Mother-in-laws facebook page, so I'll have to email her and ask if she can send them so I can get them bigger

Hotdog Roast

Sleeping in the tent

They all had fun on Grandpas 4 wheeler

Field trip to the Museum, they read stories inside the Tee Pee