4th of July 2015

We started the 4th of July off with our annual ward breakfast.  Bryce had to go early to help set up, but Claire and I got to stay home and sleep in until 8.  After a yummy breakfast of pancakes, bacon, eggs, and fruit we headed to Morgan to watch the parade with my parents.

Claire hanging out with her Nana & Papa.

Our crew waiting for the parade to start.

By the end of the parade Claire was sticky and had a belly full of sugar... but I let it slide because that's part of the fun of being a kid on holidays.

After the parade Claire was worn out, we had just got back from camping the night before so she was still trying to catch up on sleep.  We went to my parents so she could take a nap.  After she took a good two hour nap we had a barbecue with my family and ate hotdogs, pasta salad, chips, and fruit.  I packed our swimsuits in case we decided to go to the splash pad or something but instead we decided just to turn the sprinkler on at my moms and dads.  I haven't been able to do a sprinkler at our house yet because Claire just tries to drink it and we have secondary water so I don't want her getting sick.  My parents are on a well so I didn't have to worry about her drinking the water for once. 

Claire loved it and had so much fun, no surprises there! It was fun for us too, and a perfect way to cool off in the 100 degree weather.  After we got dried off and changed we visited for a while and then went to Bryce's parents.  Bryce was in desperate need of a haircut so his mom was nice enough to squeeze time in to cut it for him while we were visiting.  Once it was dark we went to a neighborhood firework party with Bryce's parents.  All of the families invited brought fireworks so there was a huge at home firework show in the driveway.  Claire was not a huge fan of the fireworks.  She didn't cry but she would got scared and would kind of freak out and cling to me whenever they went off.  I covered her ears so it wasn't so loud for her and she ended up falling asleep snuggled under her blanket on my lap.  I was amazed that she was sleep through all of the racket, I was covering her ears, but still it was loud!  Then the Morgan city fireworks started, which we could see from the lawn we were at, and Claire slept through the whole show for the second year in a row :).  I don't know if she would have really enjoyed anyway or just would have been scared from the loud noises like she was with others.  We're going to take her to the fireworks at Weber State in a few weeks for the 24th of July, so hopefully she'll actually stay awake for those ones!

Portrait 26.52

First camping trip of the summer.

"A portrait of my daughter once a week, every week, in 2015."

Camping in the Uintahs

Last week we went on our first camping trip of the summer.  We went camping at Lost Creek Lake Campgrounds in the Uintahs with Bryce's parents.  We went up there on Thursday evening and then came home Friday night.  We were only able to stay one night but it was still really fun.  The weather was so much cooler up in the mountains, it was so nice getting out of the heat!  
Claire loved getting to play in the dirt all day long.  Here she is, still in her pajamas, keeping herself busy while breakfast was cooking Friday morning.

You can rarely find one of these two without the other these days.

Claire exploring the mountainside with Bryce.

Picking a few wildflowers.

Bryce was rocking back and forth on this log with Claire and she thought it was the coolest thing ever.  She kept trying to figure out how to do it by herself.

Even though it was a short little camping trip it was still nice.  I was really worried about how Claire would do sleeping in a pack & play but she did so great!  She slept through the night just like she does at home and she even took a good two hour nap during the day on Friday.  Bryce's parents took their nice camping trailer so we were spoiled and got to sleep in that instead of our tent this time around.  Now that we have taken Claire and she did so great we are wanting to go a few more times this summer.  I have never been to Yellowstone so we are going to try and plan a trip there before the summer is over.  Hopefully we'll actually follow through with our planning since I documented it here ;)!

Splashpad Round 2

Remember how the first time I took Claire to the splash pad this summer she hated it?  I met up with a friend and her girls at the Riverdale splash pad last week.  I was curious to see what Claire would think of it this time.  She was in a much better mood and it wasn't during her nap time so my fingers were crossed it would go well.  She loved it!! (Just like I knew she would).  I told Bryce about how much fun she had and we decided to take her again the next day since Bryce got off work early.  She seriously loved it!  She just squealed and giggled the whole time we were there.
I was so glad she liked it.  We took turns running through the water with her and I think we had as much fun as she did!  I think we will be returning to the splash pad at least once a week the rest of the summer!