Catching Up

We've been spinning in circles the last few weeks with all the fun festivities. Haini's birthday was July 1st and so we had a lil bbque. The cake was the best part!!!! Tracey made it and it was a Rasta-Man Cookie Monster (check out those dreads).

We also got to go and see the balloons take off at 6:30 in the morning. This is a fun lil tradition



Who said pigs can't fly.



The parade was fun, too. Marley was in a weird trans the whole time while Jace was crashed asleep. He had been there with Mark since 7:00 trying to save the perfect spots.

Only in Provo do the missionaries get to walk down the parade. It was awesome!!!

Sitani loved the BYU semi the best.

Then we had another bbque to celebrate. Kalaa did the bbquing while Haini did the taste-testing. These two are the bbque experts.

Jace liked the food and wanted to share.

The missionaries biked 30 minutes just to taste the food. Awesome!!!

And of course, Marley was grinding the chicken as always. So proud of my lil girl.





Haini and his "Many Lands" hat.
The kids got to go fishing in the big pond of Nelson's Grove. EEEW, don't eat the fish.

They also had fun with the water balloons.

Mia started dozing off in the swings.


And finally crashed out... while

Marley did a little dance with her cupcake.


Kalaa and his sparkler

Finally, we ended our night on the Prove Temple Lawn to watch the "Stadium of Fire" fireworks. Tracey brought Ben and Jerry's ice cream while the kids played with their glow sticks. It was the perfect ending for the perfect holiday. I can't wait for the next 4th of July.