July 4th

Our 4th of July was incredibly busy, so a post on the 5th will have to do. To start off, Dave and I rarely set alarm clocks because we have 5 of them sleeping in the house. But for some reason, they picked a day when we had to get moving to sleep in. Dave was so proud of them for letting Mommy sleep in. Except we had to be out the door by 9:20, so when he proudly said "You guys let Mommy sleep in today. Isn't that great?", I bolted up realizing it was 8:40! Believe it or not, we still made it out the door at 9:30, which is no small feat with me showering and 5 kids to get ready. Dave did a great job getting them breakfast and he even got them all dressed in red, white and blue!! What a guy! We had planned on hitting the outlets in Park City on the way to Dalin's games in Heber, but when Dalin left his hat at our house, that changed it all. I could have killed him! We stopped long enough for me to run in a couple of shoe stores with Seth to get him school shoes, but that was it. It killed me to see all those sale signs in the windows and not be able to go shopping. Uggh! We got to Dalin's first game in Heber just minutes before they started. The weather up in the mountains was so pleasant with the sun peeking in & out of the clouds. They lost the game, but it's still fun to watch baseball. Dalin's mom still hadn't made it to the games, so we got to take Dalin with us to lunch. We went to Dairy Keen, which is always a hit with the kids. They love watching the trains go all around the place, but it makes it hard to concentrate on eating! Then we headed back to the second game and, boy, was it HOT!! They won the game, but with a little drama. in the 6th inning, Dalin got hit in the back by a pitch, so he took 1st base. Then, one ump called a balk on the pitcher, but the other ump didn't realize it, so play continued. As Dalin was going to 2nd base, the other team tried to tag him out and shoved him into the dirt. That started a HUGE fight amongst the coaches because it was so brutal and Dalin shouldn't have even been tagged on a balk. He made it around to score and went into the final inning down 7-6. They tied it up in the 7th and had to go to extra innings. By this time, Dave and I had had to leave to get to our BBQ, so we missed the best part. They held the other team to 7 and took their last ups. With a runner on 2nd, Dalin was up and bunted. They couldn't get the ball fast enough and overthrew it to first, so the runner on 2nd scored the winning run. Dalin was so excited to "save the game". He got the game ball! What a great way to end the season. We were so mad we missed it. The kids slept all the way home after such a long day. It gave them a nice little recharge for the night's events.

We spent the evening at our neighborhood party. We had a BBQ and the kids had lots of fun playing with the other kids. Davis, Tiara and McCall loved bouncing in Bessie's bounce house. Spencer loved jamming with all the teenagers (and adults) on Rock Band. He's always wanted to try Guitar Hero, but this was much better. He did a great job and held his own with all the big guys. Dave played too, and enjoyed it a little too much. I think I know what'll be on his Christmas list.

Garrett had made his annual run to Evanston for fireworks and put on a good show, as always. But to just add to the craziness of the day, I got hit in the forehead by some flying chunk of who knows what. I have a bump there that is pretty tender, but at least it was me and not one of the kids and I didn't get burned. When we got home the kids collapsed and slept in until after 8:00 again to day. Yeah!!