Siph 4: 4th of July! Family camp out

SI love the 4th!!
It is one of my favorite holidays because we get to celebrate this wonderful country that I love and it's in the middle of summer!!! I love the heat!

The night before the 4th Kyle picked up his cousin Monica from the airport, and we drove to Auburn the next morning EARLY! We made it in time for a breakfast that Kyle's dads ward put on right next to his grandparents house. It was great to see some of the people I'm getting more familiar with in Auburn.

Right after that we went to downtown Auburn where they have a bunch of fun activities for kids, and families. The fire department does a breakfast every year, I think that's really cool! When we got there they had a giant water balloon catching contest going on. Sara and Erin were playing, along with Katera and one of her friends.

Katera and Lacie

The Whole group

Sara

Erin

Kenna and Bridger

They also do a watermelon eating contest, Kyle did not contend but here is a slice.

Luke conked out right when we got there... don't know how he stayed asleep. It's the first time he's ever slept in the stroller, and he got hit with water balloon and stayed asleep like a champ!

Kyle proposed to me in this very spot almost 4 years ago now, and we've never gone back. So we walked over to the giant miner to take pictures.

Kyle put the ring right in the miners hand there in the pan. It was the best day ever!!

After downtown we went to Kyle's grandma's house and went swimming. Luke LOVES the water, and we were outside for a couple of hours. Kyle and his cousins were making up obstacle courses and messing around the whole time, while Luke and Kolvin were playing in a kiddie pool.

After this we went back to Sara's and hung out for a little bit, until it was time to go to Megan's house and have a little BBQ before we went to the hight school to watch fireworks. The whole fam bam was there and it got a little crazy but it's so much fun to just get to hang out and see everyone.

Before the fireworks we hung out at the Placer football field and a bunch more family joined to party!

Hesston, Luke, and Mason at grandma's house

Us at Placer waiting for the firework show! We all played catch and frisbee during the wait.

A few pics of the babies

Luke would not put those glow sticks down the entire night.

Luke, Kolvin, Hesston, Mason, and Ember

Rowan and Kenna had to join the picture party

It was a crazy busy day, but we had sooo much fun!!!

If that wasn't enough we had a big family camp out and Kyle's Aunt Shellie's house. This has become a Sipherd family tradition, and it's so much fun! Everybody brings tents and all sleep outside on the property. We eat dinner, talk, and the kids...adults.. all play games until 3:00 in the morning, and then have breakfast the next day. We slept inside seeing as I'm slightly pregnant at the moment. We also got some family pictures taken. Good times!