Butler Days - July 24th

On July 24th, we went to the Butler Days in Cottonwood Heights because it is one of the few places that have fireworks on the 24th. We went last year but didn't get there until late and so had to park in the school next to it and this year we decided to go early enough that the kids could go to the carnival. Katya and I had been back for about two weeks. Katya had a couple of pouting bits but in between I think she had fun. For $10, we bought enough tickets that entertained the kids for a couple of hours. There were some blow up toys that the girls (Katya, Allie, and my niece Kaylie) had fun playing in, although Katya was so determined to not have Alex take her picture that she ran down it so fast that she tripped and fell flat on her face - oops! They had face painting which I think the kids asked if they could do but Alex will never let our kids get their face painted - it is one of those things. Our poor deprived children...

My mom came, along with my sister Cathy. Cathy is such an awesome aunt. The kids just love to hang out with her!

Tony had his first taste of watermelon. They were giving out free watermelon and Tony was eyeing mine so much that I gave him a taste. Luckily Alex wasn't around, otherwise Tony probably wouldn't have gotten any. Alex doesn't like him to get dirty :) But since Tony had already started, Alex did let him finish and took some really cute pictures in the process!

Alex bought some red, white and blue glow sticks on clearance at Roberts earlier in the day and they entertained the kids while we waited for the fireworks to start - although the girls fought over who got to have a pink one (even though it was really red - not pink anyway).
Katya climbed all the way to the top of a very tall soccer goal post and sat perched on the top, until one of the workers came and told her to get down.
I don't recall if that is what caused her to have one of her pouting moments or if it was some other silly thing, but after that she wouldn't sit by us and instead sat in front of us taking pictures of the fireworks. Oh well - I think she partially had fun...