4th of July weekend

The 4th of July was a GREAT 3 day weekend for me. Unfortunely Jon worked the day of the 4th. Only because he get double time and a half for working. So I went with my parents to good old Delta for the parade in the morning. If you ever want to go to a good parade go to Delta's. With other parades I have been too, Delta's throws a lot more stuff to the crowd. They don't just throw candy. They throw Otter Pops, books, toys, treats for dogs and sometimes they hand out ice cream! It was the first Delta parade my niece Arcadia as been too. So with the help of me, Kylee and Trevor we thought her how to collect the candy. After the parade we went over to Gammy's and Lug's house to have lunch. Sloppy joe's, fruit salad (one of my favorites), potatoe salad (Home-made by Gammy, in return everyone fights over the last bit of it), olives, and potatoe chips were on the menu. We stayed and had are good ole' ice cream afte lunch, then we all head home in time to do stuff with the other sides of the family.

When Jon got off work we headed down to Moab for his family reunion. There is a extra story to this which will be in the the post above this. lol But anyways. Jon and I arrive in Moab just in time for the fireworks. They were awesome. Jon's cousion Mel Atwood bought a lot of fireworks to set off and SPARKLERS (my favorite)! Saturday came, and we all woke up early to help clean up Grandma's (Jon's mom's mom) house and yard. The day before Jon and I got there they had cut down some branches on one of the trees. Come to find out they accidently cut down a Woodpeckers home. It was just a young woodpecker, but it was extremely scared. It kept flying over to us and either standing on someones shoulder or handing right off their shirt. In attempt to get the bird to a tree to give it a new home, it kept flying back to hang on someone else. Jon tried himself to get the bird to like a new tree. But the first didn't work and it came right back and hung on Jon's shirt. Jon was getting a little sick of it, for he wanted to get the work done so we all could play. So instead of him taking it to a tree next door, he walked it to the park and put the bird on one of the trees in the park. That was the last time anyone saw the Woodpecker.
Once we got all the work done we all went in and had lunch and gathered around the player piano (which was the first piece of furniture Grandma and Grandpa bought) and sang songs. We did a lot that night. . . . we played cards, painted a wood calendar for grandma's birthday (which is the 4th of July) and we play some hard core baseball. After all the fun we all gathered in the family room and sang more songs with the player piano and shared great memories that we had with Grandma. It was a fun time and a great memorie that will last.
Sunday morning Jon and I went home early for we had a lot of laundry to do. Moab dirt is hard to get out of anything. lol