After we set off all fireworks we got out the sparklers. Matthew and Sarah ran inside the house at this point and refused to come back outside. For some reason the sparklers really scared them. Josh and Daniel didn't mind because it meant more sparklers for them to play with. They loved those, too!
The next morning we got up early and headed over to the Clearfield parade all decked out in our 4th of July gear.
Noah was happy and contentedly drinking his bottle until the parade started with the fireman, police and ambulance sirens. The loud noises scared him silly and he just went into hysterical screaming. He had to get loves during and after they passed by us--poor guy.
The kids were up and ready for all the candy to be thrown from the floats. Aaron and I, of course, had to take our percentage of the gathered candy much to the kids chagrin ;). It was a short parade route so there was candy aplenty. Even if Sarah didn't gather much of it since she was so busy eating each piece she picked--up one at a time.
Sarah didn't quite have the candy gathering skills down. She would pick up one piece of candy, walk to the curb, sit down, unwrap it and eat it. About the middle of the parade she finally realized she could get more candy if she waited to eat it later. She also had help from Daniel in filling her candy bag. Daniel would gather up as much candy as he could, sort it out giving Sarah all the candy he couldn't eat because of his allergies--which ended up being a lot. That was really sweet of Daniel!
After Noah recovered from the loud sirens he watched the parade from Dad's shoulders and was pretty happy.
During the parade all the kids got free kids' meals coupons from Famous Daves restaurant. Well guess where we went for lunch?! Wahoo--we only had to pay for Aaron and my meals plus a basket of fries for Noah. That's the first time I had been there and it was pretty good. However, there is no way we could afford to go there again without any more free kids' meal's coupons though!! When we first got there the kids were starving and a little rambunctious (aka EXTREMELY LOUD). By the time our lunch was brought out to us we noticed all the tables around our family were very empty. Do we know how to clear out a place or what!?! I don't blame anyone I wouldn't want to sit by a family with five screaming, wandering, watching-you-eat children either!! However, by the time they brought our food out it was silence from our end because our kids were ravenously eating their food. To watch them eat you would think they never got fed at home!! Geez!
Noah was happy and contentedly drinking his bottle until the parade started with the fireman, police and ambulance sirens. The loud noises scared him silly and he just went into hysterical screaming. He had to get loves during and after they passed by us--poor guy.The kids were up and ready for all the candy to be thrown from the floats. Aaron and I, of course, had to take our percentage of the gathered candy much to the kids chagrin ;). It was a short parade route so there was candy aplenty. Even if Sarah didn't gather much of it since she was so busy eating each piece she picked--up one at a time.Sarah didn't quite have the candy gathering skills down. She would pick up one piece of candy, walk to the curb, sit down, unwrap it and eat it. About the middle of the parade she finally realized she could get more candy if she waited to eat it later. She also had help from Daniel in filling her candy bag. Daniel would gather up as much candy as he could, sort it out giving Sarah all the candy he couldn't eat because of his allergies--which ended up being a lot. That was really sweet of Daniel!After Noah recovered from the loud sirens he watched the parade from Dad's shoulders and was pretty happy.During the parade all the kids got free kids' meals coupons from Famous Daves restaurant. Well guess where we went for lunch?! Wahoo--we only had to pay for Aaron and my meals plus a basket of fries for Noah. That's the first time I had been there and it was pretty good. However, there is no way we could afford to go there again without any more free kids' meal's coupons though!! When we first got there the kids were starving and a little rambunctious (aka EXTREMELY LOUD). By the time our lunch was brought out to us we noticed all the tables around our family were very empty. Do we know how to clear out a place or what!?! I don't blame anyone I wouldn't want to sit by a family with five screaming, wandering, watching-you-eat children either!! However, by the time they brought our food out it was silence from our end because our kids were ravenously eating their food. To watch them eat you would think they never got fed at home!! Geez!After lunch we went for a drive up to see the progress of the new Brigham City temple. It is really coming along. 
Then we headed down to see what work they have done in redoing the Ogden temple. In the picture you can't see it, but they have torn down part of the outside of the temple and are redoing it.
After that we headed over to the Hot Rockin' 4th celebration in Ogden. The main event was a demolition derby, but before that started they had a whole park full of activities for the kids to do. They had a bunch of bounce houses any kid could do for free. My kids jumped at the chance to go down the big slide. Of course they are crazy boys and jumped down from the top and bounced all the way down the slide. Sarah was afraid and wouldn't get out of the stroller to participate. 
Then the real fun began with the demolition derby. Wow, not to be judgemental, but holy cow was that ever a redneck event!!!! Good thing we fit right in ;). I have never seen so much beer and real live Billy Bob teeth in my life!! It makes me thankful I have a dental plan and can see a dentist regularly!! I do believe we were the only people there without Daisy Duke cut off jeans and tank tops on! Anyway, the derby was extremely loud, but Matthew LOVED it!! He is on the sensitive side of loud sounds, but he loved it so much he didn't even plug his ears the whole event. 
Somehow Noah was so tired he was able to sleep through part of the show despite the loudness of it.
Poor Aaron didn't get to see as much of the derby as he would have liked. It was pretty hot so we got everyone a snow cone at the beginning of the derby. To pick them up Aaron took the three oldest boys with him to help while I stayed to save the seats with the two youngest kids. Aaron let the boys put their own syrup in the their snow cones. Josh made the most of it. He poured so much syrup in his snow cone it sloshed out of the cup all over his arms and hands and ran down his legs dripping all over his feet with each step he took. What a sticky mess! Daniel and Matthew made a mess, but it wasn't as bad as Josh's!! We had to compliment Josh on his superhuman ability of getting the most amount of syrup per cubic millimeter of snowcone!! That is one amazing talent!! Anyway, in the middle of the demolition derby the potty calls began, but not at the same time. Josh was doing the potty dance so Aaron took him to the potty. Now there was only a few choices of bathroom places at this event. There was a whole row of port-a-potties or a bathroom with three stalls and a sink but no soap. YUCK!! Good thing I had brought a bottle of hanitizer (hand sanitizer)! After Aaron got back with Josh Daniel insisted he had to go. Aaron got back from taking Daniel and Matthew had to go. Aaron got back from taking Matthew when Daniel insisted he had to go poo. I just cringed. Aaron made him wait to make sure he really needed to go, but he kept doing to poo dance so Aaron took him. Aaron got back from taking Daniel who got stage fright and couldn't actually go poo once Aaron had searched and finally found a somewhat decent toilet. When he got back from taking Daniel for the failed poo attempt, Matthew insisted he HAD to go poop, too. Aaron just rolled his eyes and then took him. While he was gone taking Matthew, Daniel came over to me telling me he had to go poop. I told him he had his chance and didn't take it so he would have to hold it. About five minutes later Daniel came back over to me to tell me he had an accident in his underwear. Aaron was still gone taking Matthew poo. I told Daniel he would have to wait for Dad to get back. Aaron got back and checked and Daniel had indeed had a small accident in his pants so Aaron turned and took Daniel back to the potty to go poop. Daniel didn't have stage fright at that point, thank goodness! Anyway, while all this was going on I rest assured that Aaron had the bottle of hanitizer. Later I was horrified to find out that Aaron had lost the bottle of hanitizer after the first bathroom visit and no one had been able to wash their hands with more than water during all these bathroom visits--DOUBLE YUCK!!! What's even worse was as the later the show went on, Aaron told me the state of the bathrooms got worse and worse. EWWWWWW!!! I tried not to think about how disgusting that was and tried to enjoy the fireworks show after the demolition derby ended. 
Then we headed down to see what work they have done in redoing the Ogden temple. In the picture you can't see it, but they have torn down part of the outside of the temple and are redoing it.After that we headed over to the Hot Rockin' 4th celebration in Ogden. The main event was a demolition derby, but before that started they had a whole park full of activities for the kids to do. They had a bunch of bounce houses any kid could do for free. My kids jumped at the chance to go down the big slide. Of course they are crazy boys and jumped down from the top and bounced all the way down the slide. Sarah was afraid and wouldn't get out of the stroller to participate. Then the real fun began with the demolition derby. Wow, not to be judgemental, but holy cow was that ever a redneck event!!!! Good thing we fit right in ;). I have never seen so much beer and real live Billy Bob teeth in my life!! It makes me thankful I have a dental plan and can see a dentist regularly!! I do believe we were the only people there without Daisy Duke cut off jeans and tank tops on! Anyway, the derby was extremely loud, but Matthew LOVED it!! He is on the sensitive side of loud sounds, but he loved it so much he didn't even plug his ears the whole event. Somehow Noah was so tired he was able to sleep through part of the show despite the loudness of it.Poor Aaron didn't get to see as much of the derby as he would have liked. It was pretty hot so we got everyone a snow cone at the beginning of the derby. To pick them up Aaron took the three oldest boys with him to help while I stayed to save the seats with the two youngest kids. Aaron let the boys put their own syrup in the their snow cones. Josh made the most of it. He poured so much syrup in his snow cone it sloshed out of the cup all over his arms and hands and ran down his legs dripping all over his feet with each step he took. What a sticky mess! Daniel and Matthew made a mess, but it wasn't as bad as Josh's!! We had to compliment Josh on his superhuman ability of getting the most amount of syrup per cubic millimeter of snowcone!! That is one amazing talent!! Anyway, in the middle of the demolition derby the potty calls began, but not at the same time. Josh was doing the potty dance so Aaron took him to the potty. Now there was only a few choices of bathroom places at this event. There was a whole row of port-a-potties or a bathroom with three stalls and a sink but no soap. YUCK!! Good thing I had brought a bottle of hanitizer (hand sanitizer)! After Aaron got back with Josh Daniel insisted he had to go. Aaron got back from taking Daniel and Matthew had to go. Aaron got back from taking Matthew when Daniel insisted he had to go poo. I just cringed. Aaron made him wait to make sure he really needed to go, but he kept doing to poo dance so Aaron took him. Aaron got back from taking Daniel who got stage fright and couldn't actually go poo once Aaron had searched and finally found a somewhat decent toilet. When he got back from taking Daniel for the failed poo attempt, Matthew insisted he HAD to go poop, too. Aaron just rolled his eyes and then took him. While he was gone taking Matthew, Daniel came over to me telling me he had to go poop. I told him he had his chance and didn't take it so he would have to hold it. About five minutes later Daniel came back over to me to tell me he had an accident in his underwear. Aaron was still gone taking Matthew poo. I told Daniel he would have to wait for Dad to get back. Aaron got back and checked and Daniel had indeed had a small accident in his pants so Aaron turned and took Daniel back to the potty to go poop. Daniel didn't have stage fright at that point, thank goodness! Anyway, while all this was going on I rest assured that Aaron had the bottle of hanitizer. Later I was horrified to find out that Aaron had lost the bottle of hanitizer after the first bathroom visit and no one had been able to wash their hands with more than water during all these bathroom visits--DOUBLE YUCK!!! What's even worse was as the later the show went on, Aaron told me the state of the bathrooms got worse and worse. EWWWWWW!!! I tried not to think about how disgusting that was and tried to enjoy the fireworks show after the demolition derby ended. However, by the time we got home and had noticed how filthy dirty the kids were--despite the late hour (11pm)--we made everyone take a shower before they got into bed. Josh had to really scrub off the snow cone syrup streaks down his legs and arms that were currently covered with dirt. I didn't even want to think of what type of germs were crawling all over their bodies from all those bathroom visits without soap and water or hanitizer. We did have fun for the most part being together as a family and celebrating the 4th--minus all the bathroom visits. Times like that make me glad we have so many boys because Aaron has to do bathroom duty. I can't take them since they are too old to use the women's restroom. Hey, it is his fault that we do have so many boys since men decide the sex of the child, right?!? Despite all germs we survived the event and now can officially be called redneck since all of us have been to a demolition derby. Let the redneckedness overfloweth!! Oh ya--Happy 4th of July!!
2 comments:
Sounds like y'all had fun! Happy 4th!
I'm glad you had a good time. That sounds like a super busy & fun day!
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