Reunion

We went from one family reunion to the next this past week! Andrew's brother and his family came into town from New York to baptize their oldest daughter, which meant that Andrew's other siblings (he's the youngest of eight) traveled back home to spend time with them.

Andrew's sister, her husband and their two kids stayed with us Wednesday through Sunday, and we had fun setting the tent up inside so Mya could "camp," having barbecues and watching the fireworks on Friday and Saturday.

It's been a jam-packed summer, but I've enjoyed it — and it's not over yet! We have a road trip planned soon that I've been anticipating for months.

Hope your Monday is excellent!

Family and fireworks

Since a lot of Andrew's family was together this weekend for his newest nephew's baby blessing, we had a mini family reunion on Saturday! His brother Chris rented an inflatable bounce house with a water slide, so all of the kids played in that for quite a while. I went down it twice and decided bounce houses are just not as fun for adults as they are for kids, especially when you have to crouch down just to crawl inside it and end up covered in mud and grass.

Which is why I spent my time sitting in the kiddy pool. At first, it was just me, Franklin and Isabel. (And clearly I need to get out in the sun more. My legs are blindingly white.)

Then a few more kids hopped in.

And that was when I got out of the pool and stood by Andrew as he took shot after shot of kids going down the slide. I think they turned out pretty well.

The kids had a blast playing in the water, and it actually cooled off quite a bit in the afternoon -- which was great, since I didn't put on any sunscreen. Oops.

We finished off the day with streamer and parachute fireworks in a nearby field and then the colorful sparkly ones back at the house. Since Andrew took most of the photos in the post, I am proud to say that I took the firework pictures. The ones I planned on didn't work out on July 4th, so I'm glad that Utah has another holiday in July for makeup firework pictures.

Even baby Amree loved them! She was clapping her hands in delight.

Pictures I took of the kids playing with sparklers tonight will hopefully be up tomorrow. And you can check out the pictures of Glacier National Park on Wanderlust and Weekends, too. I'll be adding photos of Bannack State Park soon.

Going fourth again

Here is the second installment of the Wilcox family reunion/4th of July pictures, as promised. :)

We went to the zoo Monday morning with Andrew's grandpa, parents, siblings and nieces and nephews and spent a few hours there. The weather was perfect. It was pretty cool and started raining just as we left. Normally the zoo is one of my LEAST favorite places (read: I hate smelly animals, screaming kids, broken water fountains, etc.), but this one was actually pretty fun.

The final installment of photos will come tomorrow. I'm too tired to keep going through them! :)

Going Fourth

We had the Wilcox family reunion over the 4th of July weekend, and Andrew and I took enough pictures in three days to make up for taking practically none of ourselves since we've been married! :)

To start with, we celebrated Grandpa Wertz's birthday on Saturday with Andrew's extended family. He turned 97 on July 3 and is still going strong! We sure love him.

We enjoyed plenty of homemade pizza and had fun taking pictures of our cute nieces and nephews.

Since I get bored reading posts that have 50 million pictures of people I don't know, I'll save the pictures of the ZOO for tomorrow. :) Until then, friends!