4th of July

Last week nothing much happened. I just continued trying to potty train Ryan. I'm really starting to regret potty training him. I should have waited until after summer was over. I feel like I wasted two weeks of summer and now he doesn't have it totally and we have to deal with accidents on vacation. Boo. I tried to put him in a diaper before we went to Arco and he freaked out. He said, "I don't want to wear a diaper ever again." So I put him back in his underwear and we drove to Arco. He didn't have any accidents there except for poop. He still poops in his underwear. He doesn't totally have the peeing down either because last night I tested him to see if he would tell me when he needed to go and he had an accident. He wakes up dry almost every morning and then he randomly doesn't. I bought some pull ups today but he saw right through those, "diaper." I got him to put them on explaining that they are special big boy potty training pants. After a few minutes he said, "I don't want to wear a diaper anymore." Oh the joys! Maybe just maybe he will put on a pull up if I leave him and say go to a movie while we are down in St. George. We will see...

The kids and I headed out to my parent's house on Sunday to celebrate the 4th. Lucky for us we rolled in just in time for Sunday dinner. Yum. Scott can't really take time off with his brand new job so he won't be vacationing with us this summer. After dinner I went and visited my friend Barb from high school. Later that night Trisha's family came then Alex and Anna's family and then Hart and Jory's. That night we lit off some fireworks and then gabbed until 1:00 in the morning.

On the 4th Trisha, my mom and I started the day with a morning walk. We headed downtown for the Arco city parade. It's perfect! You can show up 5 minutes before it starts and it lasts 15 minutes. The kids get tons of candy. It's the best. After that we headed over to the Arco city park where they were hosting a free lunch. The rest of the day we just hung out around the house. Some went up in the mountains and did a hike to some falls. Our neighbors have little puppies that they let us borrow for the day. The kids LOVED playing with them. That night we went into town again to watch the Arco fireworks. Those are the greatest too. My aunt lives right at the top of the hill where they light them off so we can watch at her house. The fireworks are just long enough to get a show and then you can drive straight home. We really enjoyed Arco for the 4th. I don't think I've been to Arco for the fourth in at least 10 years. It was good times!

Tuesday morning we packed up and drove home. Now I am trying to mentally prepare myself to drive my kids to St. George on Saturday. I can do it! Right? Really I just need to make it to Salt Lake where I can hopefully pawn off some of my kids for the remainder of the drive. Wish us luck!

Before

After. I used paint I already had. I purchased the desk for $10 and spent $5 replacing missing hardware. Not bad! I love it. The only home I have for it is in my closet. Gabby has taken over it as her drawing station. 

Summer fun

Fireworks with cousins

Parade

Basket of puppies