Pioneer Day

The Taylor family has a tradition of having everyone sleep over at Grandma and Grandpa's house for the 24th of July celebration. The year, they had a lot of fun things planned out, and it was a blast. Earlier this year, they bought this fun water slide (in the front), and some of their friends provided the other blow-up toys (behind).

Ethan had fun in the water and had a lot of fun with his cousins.




Ethan got to see lots of fireworks this weekend, with varied responses. On Thursday, we went to the North Logan fireworks, which Ethan was really looking forward to. We'd ask if he wanted to see the fireworks, and he'd get really excited. When he actually watched them, he was very nervous and was on the verge of crying throughout the show.
On Saturday, Mendon put on a good show, and Ethan was really funny. He was so tired from the week, that he just laid on the blanket staring at the fireworks through half-closed eyes. We asked him if he was ready to go to sleep, and he fervently shook his head no. We continued to ask him through the show, and his response was always no, but with less and less enthusiasm each time. We were certain he was finally asleep, but asked him if he was ready to go to sleep one last time, expecting no response, but he very subtly shook his head. Silly boy. After that, he stopped responding.

On Saturday morning, everyone went clay pigeon shooting, and it was Jen's first time shooting a shotgun. She was pretty good at almost hitting what she was aiming at. Kyle only did a little better.
Finally, out little girl is this big (approx a pound and a half, and 13 and a half inches).
In other news, Kyle is done with school for the month of August, and Jen is ready to put him to work. There's a lot of work around the house to get done before Baby gets here, and we want to get most of it done before school starts again.