The 4th of July...

I know, I have been so crazy lately, I haven't had time to blog...so here goes with the 4th of July...

We started up at Copperton Park - our tradition for the races. Later on in the day, we were heading out to Myton - for the Harding Side reunion. I had promised I would be the photographer, and my grandma warned me earlier on in the year, that I had better make it...you don't mess with my grandma - so after a few races, we were on our way!

Daxton had a good strategy. He shed his shoes in the middle of the race to trip other kids up...
Grandma Great with baby Lucas. Grandma ran in the over 50 group. I held onto her arm. I was amazed at how fast she was going. She won 5 bucks! (They even gave me $1 and said that we had tied...hee hee)
One of my best friends, Colette on the left, and my sister-in-law, Becca on the right.
Kentaraus. My dad. Don't know why, but we all call him that...
Miss Kinlee, tearing it up on the special needs race! Okay - now off to the farm. This place is actually where we had girls camp in June. It is awesome...
The Harding siblings. Well, the ones left with us...I think there are 3 more that have already passed on?
The Brothers. My grandpa is on the top right.
The sisters. Getting a little sassy, and showing a little leg...I love it!
Mike, Maria, and Lucas..oh man...just realized I don't have a picture of Jason...I'm not going to hear the end of it...Jason - just wait til the bowling post!
This is my cousin Chet, and Jake. Chet came to visit me a few weeks ago, and Jake thought he was awesome. Making me cut out the sleeves of the shirt he is wearing in this picture. Jake was so excited that Chet would take him on a motorcyle ride!
Here's little Haley. She found the lifevest - and didn't want to leave it there...
This is the funniest picture. EVER. Jason is currently working in Jackson Hole. He found those sunglasses and brought them back. At one point at the reunion, the wind picked up, and I was getting dirt in my eye. Jason let me wear them, and they fit OVER my normal sunglasses...it was pretty funny...to me that picture SHOUTS family reunion...
There is the greatest story behind this picture. The little girl on the left is a polygamist(why there is a little polygamist girl at our family reunion is a story for a different post). Kristin is on the right. Well, Kristin and her were fast friends for the day. They played on this swing for what seemed like hours. The funny part, was that Kristin's mouth did NOT stop running, and this little girl didn' say a word. I was wondering what she was thinking...
Kristin loved floating around the little pond...Troy was worried she was going to slide through the hole, but she never did...
This is Chet. He's a great kid. And one of the nicest. Thanks for posing!
Troy decided all of our kids were going to go down the slide. You ride a boogie board down it, and then glide across the top of the water. (Well, that's how it's supposed to work...) Haley is such a dare devil, she went down with us a few times!
This is my favoritest uncle, Kim. He is driving the tractor that is pulling the Harding Hauler. He saved my butt at girls camp. He is truly one of the greatest men I know! In this picture, he's telling me not to take a picture of him! HA HA!
This is the Harding Hauler. Kim pulled us over the river in it, and just around the farm. We used this a lot for girls camp too. Notice how all the people on it, are tilted to the right? I got it just as it was getting going, where you have no choice but to tip sideways...I think it's hilarious.

We decided to stay the night, since they were celebrating my grandpa's 84th birthday the next day. We slept on a tent in my aunt and uncle's yard. The next morning - my uncle Howard brought over a cake and we put exactly 84 candles in it. All the kids helped blow it out. Aferwards, was time for the playing. It was fun. Here is Chet - jumping from the swing into the water...





Had to work my photoshop magic...
Pretty cool, huh?