Fourth of July fun.

This year, we spent the Fourth of July with the Frost family.

I can't remember the last time we spent the Fourth of July in Utah. We thoroughly enjoyed being with family, having cooler temperatures, and watching fireworks in the crisp mountain air. 

Our day began with the traditional Frost family July Fourth breakfast.

Owen with Grandma Cisney.

I adore this picture of these three cute girls!
Abbi, Megan and Hazel.

Ammon and Carter had a great time with their cousins, Baileigh and Henry.

Cousin picture! Baby O was not thrilled about this one.

Owen with cousin Baileigh

Water fight!

After breakfast, we went to the Kaysville city parade. The kids loved the candy and I loved the "small town" feel. 

I can't remember how Owen ended up asleep and shirtless "watching" the parade, but he looks pretty darn cute.

Waiting for candy.

 We capped off the evening in Liberty watching fireworks. Once again, there was a great "small-town" feel to the celebration, and the view was fabulous.

Our little family, who sadly never cooperates for pictures.

The four Frost brothers together again after about 5 years.

Sparklers and Glow necklaces were a highlight of the fireworks.

Welcome to Utah!

We were so excited to finally arrive in Utah.  The first weeks of living here seemed like a vacation. Colby had a couple weeks off before he started work and we did lots of playing with family and friends. Our kids had so much fun getting reaquainted with their cousins. Here's the play by play...

Abbi with Grandma Frost and Megan.

The Frost family at little Nora's first birthday party. 

Hazel, Megan and Abbi.

Ammon, Carter and Baileigh.

Breakfast at Granny Annie's. Who doesn't love a scone the size of your head?

Seriously the sweetest baby on the planet.

Can you spy Abbi? This girl is the best shopping buddy!

Four wheeling with Grandpa Frost.

All the boys. Love that "Utah" view.

It's so nice to be back in the mountains.

Oh yeah, our first couple weeks in Utah we also did a lot of this..

It's so nice when the empty boxes start piling up! 

Road Trippin'

This is what it takes to keep four kids entertained on a 24 hour drive.  Toys and books and snacks and coloring pages and markers and electronic devices...

Blankets and pillows and headphones and stuffed animals.

We started driving at 4:00 am, hoping the kids would sleep on the first leg of the drive.

Waking up at the crack of dawn paid off when the back seat of the van looked like this...

After stopping for breakfast and changing clothes, we were ready to hit the road again.

Day two of driving started with lots of smiles. 

But with a couple hours of driving left to go, this little guy had had enough.

A big shout out to my amazing husband who drove the entire way (all 1,590 miles!) Colby always insists on driving when we go on road trips. I have yet to determine if this is because;

a. I'm a bad driver

b. He gets car sick when he's the passengar

c. He'd rather drive than be the one to wrestle the kids

d. all of the above

Whatever the reason, this guy got us safely from Temple, Texas to Layton, Utah,  our new "home."