The Woodbury's Are Coming! The Woodbury's Are Coming!

And what a weekend it was. Hot. Loud. Fun. Here's what we did:

THURSDAY the 4th of JULY:
We woke up and took off for Bishop Byer's house and the Moxee/Terrace Heights ward breakfast. They had a great program and the raising of the flag, plus delicious pancakes. The afternoon was something I like to call a battle of the naps. Sarah won:) While the boys slept we chatted and caught up. Miles was the first sibling awake (and if his hair was any indication it was a great nap) so he got to go outside with Dana and play golf. We teach them young in our family!
After the rest of the crew woke up, we headed to two parties at the Grow's and the Hartman's. One had a really cool waterslide, the other had so many kids it was almost hilarious. One highlight was Dana saving the day (and Telly's floor) when he singlehandedly caught an out of control pop can as it exploded.


On our walk to the Grow's we noticed our neighbor down the street setting up a large cabana and a...wait is that a port-a-potty? Yes, yes it is. He had two of them and several live bands playing throughout the day. Wild! Later that evening, we gathered at our house for what we'd been promised would blow our minds. 4th of July in Moxee is supposedly crazy because fireworks are not outlawed so people go all out.



 And it begins! At first, it was just a few roman candles. Some sparklers. But then...

 BOOM!

 Our neighbor, Mitchael, had some serious fireworks. I think his driveway is still scorched.

Sarah's kids (except Isla who slept through it all) were in heaven. They kept racing from the front yard to the back yard to see all the fireworks. 

The pictures couldn't do it justice, but just use your imagination:)

FRIDAY
After a late night, we took it easy in the morning, starting off the day with whole wheat waffles, which Ethan declared not so great--sorry bud:) Dana and Taylor took off for a day of golf while Sarah and I chilled until about noon when we headed up to Suncadia for their festival. It was pretty tame but they had watermelon eating contests, face painting, a bouncy house, and a basketball bouncy thing which the boys could have stayed at all day. No joke.

Then we went on a walk. Or a run, if you are Sarah's kids.

 It turned out to be a very, very windy walk. At one point the boys were playing on some big rocks and we hollered for them to come back. Poor Miles came running with only one shoe on--that mean wind had taken it clean off.

Along the way Sarah and the boys helped me out by driving into Ellensburg to pick up girls camp t-shirts and then delivering them to our camp director. Thanks guys! We finished the day with pizza for the kiddos and really delicious Costco ribs for the adults--which I cooked. I want that to be known:)

SATURDAY
The highlight of Saturday was blueberry picking. This was a big hit last year so we visited the same blueberry patch and came away with quite the haul. Ethan, Isaac, and Miles helped Uncle Dana while Sarah tried to convince Isla to try a blueberry. Once she did it was a mad fight to feed her hunger.

I told them all to smile. Thanks Miles:)


 

We left the kiddos with Emma and headed out for an adult night of dinner at Outback and a movie - World War Z in 3D. Dana especially loved the parts where zombies jumped out and startled him:)

Sadly, the Woodbury's packed up the next day and headed home to Utah. We had a blast and can't wait to see them again. Thanks for the visit guys!!