4th of July Freestone Style

I worked a grave the night before the 4th and it was a great prelude to my day! I had a blast with my co-workers :) After I got off of work at 6:00am I went to Plain City to eat breakfast with my Freestone Family. After breakfast came the parade: a Freestone tradition. I decided to sideline this year and take pictures. TJ and Kody drove Grandma and Grandpa's buggy, The Tiajuana Taxi, and all of the great-grandkids rode along.

Easton, Bostyn, Trevin, Ellee, Tesslie

RyLee K and Daddy

Ruston

"E" getting ready to launch a water balloon

It was also Aunt Margaret's 91st birthday that same week so Sharon, Grandma, and our family surprised her with a ride in Sharon's buggy in the parade with a sign on the front that read, "Happy 91st birthday Aunt Maggie!" It was really cute!

more pictures of the parade:

After the parade was the oh-so famous FISH SCRAMBLE! I remember doing it when I was little. It was so cute watching Trevin, Bostyn, and Ellee in the "pond" trying to catch their fish. After a few minutes I had to go in and help Trevin and Ellee catch theirs and Kody went in to help Bos. It was so much fun! I got splashed with a bunch of nasty fish water, but it was so worth it!

Me and Mr. T with his triumphant catch of the day!

Another Plain City tradition is the 4-wheeler competition. What you do is ride around in a circle on 4-wheelers. One person drives and the other sits on the back and has a balloon taped on to their helmet. The object is for the person on the back to knock the balloons off their opponents helmet with long stick with the foam water noodles fastened to the stick. It is HILARIOUS! TJ and Kody do it every year. They won last year and were hoping to defend their title. They took 4th...bummer!

After we hung out at the park for a while we went back to Grandma and Grandpa's house. I took a nice long nap! The rest of the family watched tv. Went all went over to Uncle Scott's house for dinner and fireworks after. It was super fun because I played with the kids on the tramp and ate lots of yummy food. All-in-all, a great 4th of July!!!