July 4th

The weekend of the 4th was a fun-filled weekend. We started on Saturday morning with the Mayes extended family yearly breakfast. It was quite the gathering. That evening, we had our family reunion at Mike's old house. We had Navajo tacos....yum, yum. I think one of our new traditions is having pinatas for the kids.

Here is Wilson and Mike taking a swing at the pinata.

Hayden enjoying some of the spoils from the pinata.

Uncle Gilbert, Aunt Loraine, and Mom

Hayden taking a swing at the pinata

Many of the kids:
(back) Emmalee, Alea, Maren, Sariah
(front) Hannah, Bekah, Nellie, Elle, BrookLynn, Bubba

On Saturday night, we did a few fireworks in front of Mom's house. I guess it was illegal to do it the night before the 4th because a cop soon showed up at the house "suggesting" that we don't light any more until the following day. It was a little ridiculous. Okay, a lot of ridiculous. So, we waited until Sunday to light the rest. (Our stake president did them on Sunday, too, so we felt like it was an okay thing for us to do. What's worse: breaking the law on Saturday or breaking the Sabbath on Sunday?)

Erik and Whitney watching the fireworks.

Sariah and her sparkler

Nicole and Wilson

Hannah

Bekah Boo