What a Weekend

Our 4th of July weekend was full of some fun activities. Sam, Jill and Aubrey came over the mountains to spend the holiday with us AND we had Tate visiting from Iowa for a little while too. It was nice that the cousins could spend some time together.

We spent some time in downtown GJ where they recently renovated and added some places for kids to play. The first place we stopped was the splashpark. All of the kids LOVED it! It was just as entertaining to watch them!! Every kid had a different reaction to the fountains: Carli, Aubrey, and Regan got completely soaked while Tate got just a little wet and Mollie didn't get wet at all. We kept trying to position Mollie where she would wet accidentally but she wouldn't listen. So fun!!

Regan was the first to run straight through the big one!
Next was Carli
The Dads
All the kiddos :)
Mollie never got a drop on her....stubborn kid

To help us dry off, we went to a little rock climbing statue. They all tried jumping down from the highest spot (because that means you're tough!) I'm always amazed at how much energy kids have. They just kept going and going...


Our next adventure was at our friends lake. They invited us to go tubing, wakeboarding, and play on their beach. Carli tried wakeboarding for the first time but she didn't last long. Most of the time was spent tubing, which they LOVED!
Chad taking Tate for his first time


Love, love, love this picture!! Look at that smile!

We decided to go to the GJ parade (we've never been before) and it was a HUGE disappointment! Hardly any floats, no candy, obnoxious MC's, and to top it all off, it was HOT!! The kids were totally bored and couldn't wait to get out of the sun. We had to bribe them to stay by promising them a slushy afterwards. We won't bother with their parade ever again.

Yes, we are wearing pants...we were heading to fireworks in Meeker right after the parade. It made the heat even MORE miserable!

Meeker's fireworks are the best!! We've watched them in Ouray, Fruita, Grand Junction, even various towns in AZ and nothing compares to the show put on in Meeker. The weather is nice and cool, the fireworks are amazing, and they are set off RIGHT above you in the park. It rained this year, but stopped after the fireworks started. It was another great 4th of July!! What a weekend!