Mike, Whit, Damon & Kyle: Holiday weekend

We had a great 4th of July! Damon wasn't really old enough to enjoy anything last year, but I think he had a blast this year!

We started off last week by going to Cherry Hill with Megan and Taylor on Monday. I used to go there all the time as a kid and we thought it was the greatest. Damon really liked it and was able to do everything except one water slide. The big water slide that he went on with me and Mike scared him a bit, but he loved the one in pirates cove. He went over and over and got to the point where he wanted to walk out of the pool and clear around the pirate ship himself to do it. We got in the lazy river and I put his life jacket thing on him. He was laughing and smiling I think because he thought he was actually swimming as the river moved.

water slide in pirates cove

Damon and Megan

Damon saying "cheeeeese" for the camera

On the 3rd we went to the car show and it was SO hot! I got a snow cone and tried to stay in the shade while Mike and Damon walked around and looked at the cars. Mike had Damon 'trained' so that every time they walked up to a car Damon would say "WOW"! After that we decided to go up the canyon and sleep over with Megan. It was kinda last minute but we still had fun. Damon was asleep when we got there, but as soon as he woke up he said "awa" because he could see/hear the river.

We left the next morning and got home in time to get ready to go to the parade. I didn't get any pictures because Damon was with Mike while I was resting in the shade. And I just never think of it. After the parade we went to the square for watermelon and lunch. After we had all sweated our butts off we headed home to cool off a bit before heading off to Ashlee's for dinner and fireworks. When Damon woke up he was super ornery and the ONLY thing that would calm him down was telling him he was going to go see Tanner. He loves his cousins :) They had so much fun together riding bikes, playing in the sand, going down the slide and chasing each other around. We did a few fireworks of our own and then headed back up the canyon when the Hyrum ones started to spend the rest of the weekend with my family.

Damon and his cousins eating watermelon- matching unintentional but super cute!

Once again, Damon loved being around kids. He got to play on the 'tractor' (lawnmower) and Grandpa took him for a few rides. Grandpa's truck was there the whole time which is about all this kid needs to keep him happy. He sits in the drivers seat, immediately locks the doors so you can't get him out (except the windows are down.....) and starts pushing all the buttons and steering. Linnea brought up a slip n' slide for the kids and my dad hooked up a pump and pumped water out of the river for them to play in. They had water fights and floated down the river too. Damon is pretty cute because he can't quite do what the big kids do, but he sure tries! Kaden and Brooklyn took him over to the swings a few times and thought his horse impression was hilarious! They kept asking him what a horsey says and laughed every time. Then they started asking him what random things say (tree, swing, etc.) and he would just scream. Then they would look at each other and laugh and laugh. They were really good to play with him! He liked holding Mckynlee's hand and guiding her wherever he wanted to go, and they would stop every so often to give each other hugs. He was pretty excited about the fact that for 3 days when he woke up there was someone there besides us. He would first check to make sure we were there and say "mom? daddy?". Once he knew we were there it was "papa, deedee" (megan) and on and on. He would try to escape out of the trailer to go find them all. He was a little peeved this morning when he woke up and no one was around. So you should all feel loved.