4th of July

Today has been a busy day full of festivities! We started out the day going to the Tooele City 4th of July parade. Before the parade was a 5K which Darrin has been training for months to run...but nothing could have trained him for the altitude difference he experienced. As he ran passed the kids and I, who were sitting along the parade route, his lungs were burning, and he could hardly breathe. Oh-well, he did a great job anyway! Later that afternoon we had the traditional Hancock 4th of July picnic at the church pavilion with KFC and Grandma's potato salad. We all had a great time as Grandpa turned the sprinklers on to cool us off. (Although, my kids were party poopers and refused to get wet.) We traveled to Grantsville to watch the fireworks. Josh loved them, and Andrew hated them. He hid his head and wouldn't look at them the entire time. We realized we should have prepared him better for what they were going to be like. Oh-well, hopefully he's not scared for life! Over all it was a fabulous 4th of July. We are so blessed to live in the country, and we're so grateful for everything it means to us.