4th of July

I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July.

Mine was fantastic!

Our day started with Kirk and ALL the boys being up VERY early 

 putting a turkey, pork roast and beef roast in the fire pit to cook for the day.

Kira, Miss H and I left for Rupert for the parade.

Sergio had to work but the parade route went by where he works so he was able to watch it with us.

I have said it before and I will say it again,

 I LOVE a parade and my favorite part is the color guard.

I love the American Flag, it truly makes me happy.

I like small town parade especially, that you hardly will ever see a hat on a real man,

 or someone without their hand on the heart;

a sign  that they have been taught respect not only for our flag but being an American

 and importantly not afraid of those who might "tease" them.

It was so fun to watch Miss H at her first parade. 

and of coarse she looked so darn cute!

At 4pm the meat came out of the pit

 and the family and friends started showing up with tons of  food.

and we ate and visited and laughed!

even Miss H was enjoying herself..

Josh, Ali and Miss C had been out of town and arrived in time to be with us for the fireworks.

Miss C loved her sparkler.

and could hardly wait for the fireworks to begin.

and when I say fireworks I mean FIREWORKS!

I do not want to know how many dollars went up into the air, but I will say...

THANK YOU MONTE AND KIRK...best show I have seen in FOREVER!are you ready for some of the sites we enjoyed...




One Bad Mother-in-Law

I have to tell you about this firework...As the guys were "staging" the fireworks (yes, they had them in order of how they were going to be lit off...Sergio walks over to me carrying this "Box" he says, " I do not understand what this firework's name means..." with a smirk on his face...HAHAHA....

and my favorite...

STARS AND STRIPES!

how many stripes are on the flag?

An hour or so later...

it was time to clean up and again the fire pit was put to work.

It was a GREAT 4th of July!

Cassia County Parade 100 years

I love a good country parade! My favorite...the color guard.

I love watching the flag as it is carried by the different armed services.
It is humbling and aways gives me a great piece of pride...now that is a oxymoron.This is Cassia County's 100 year celebration of the fair and parade.
So they had several of the OLD and new police carsBut, this was my FAVORITE thing...

I got to take Celes to watch the parade, OK I watched and she slept, but none the less I got to be with her.

Do you have a community parade? Do you go? What is your favorite part?

County Fair Time

One of the nice things about living in small town America is each year we get to enjoy a real county fair, with Rodeos, Animals, FFA, 4-H, Home made projects and most importantly GREAT food...what is it about a hamburger at the fair that is so darn good, or corn on the cob...oh my gosh HOMEMADE Maple Bars...OH YEA BABY, now we are talking!

But, before all that happens we have the Cassia County Parade, I haven't seen it for seveal years now because I am always driving the truck for my son, Josh's Taekwondo School . Every year he has some of his students that help during the parade either by passing out flyers or doing some type of "demo".

It is always great fun.

So, the parade is over and I am off to decide if I am having a hamburger or corn on the cob for dinner...or maybe I will just fill up on maple bars.