Happy Pioneer Day

Here in Utah, every July 24th we Celebrate the Days of 47. This is when Brigham Young Entered the UTAH valley and said, "This IS the Place." or as some people might say, "This is the place?" and Utah was born. So this gives us an excuse to be off of work (for most of us) and to Eat, watch the parade on KSL and light off Fireworks.
Here are the Watkins Girls in their Days of 47 Red White and Blue Colors.
They are pretty happy. We were so happy that most of my family came over for a yummy BBQ and Laughs.
Here is Ross and Jenny and Steve (shoulder) telling funny stories.
Here are pictures of some of the girls eating pop sickles on the swing. (photo by Jenny)Lilly, Abby, Gracie, Maggie & Olivia
After we ate and when it got dark, we got out the blankets and sat back to Watch Blake and Jeff and Steve Light off the fireworks. We have fun.ooooooooo!!!AHHHHHHHH!!
The younger girls didn't like the noisy ones very well. So RuthAnn was the mommy to comfort them. Abby held her ears and RA held Lilly's .
We really had a lot of fun with everyone. We missed Lance and Kristi (just got back from a long road trip and TIRED) Tam and the kids and Joey as well. Hope everyone had a great 24th of July. Happy Birthday Tam.

BLUE TUBE

Emmy finally conquered the Playland Tube. She thought she was pretty hot stuff in there. So cute.
Outside the tube
I love this shot.
Here she is going through the first time. Happy baby. Then she notices my camera"Give me that dang thing mommy"
Gracie was the helping through the tube. What a cheese burger.Here she is coming back through. She was pretty happy.Then she realized there was a slide attached to the big blue tube. And so not only did she survived the big tube but also she tackled AND WON..the big BLUE SLIDE. Yippy Kunka.and Gracie got a Big Blue Gum Ball for being a good girl.

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I braided the girls hair the other night and forgot to add it to the Puppy love pictures.

"And they call it...Puppy Love"

The Girls were in lovey moods this weekend with Clyde our Boxer "Puppy". Who isn't a puppy in body..but in mind still puppy.
How can you not love that Face...Oh shmoopy ShmoopyGracie giving Clyde a hug.
Both Girls giving hungs but Clyde just wanted to Licky Lilly.Here is Gracies photo of Lilly and I. Nice Face
The girls in Clydes Kennel. Lilly is a little possessed. WOWHere are the "Girls" Messing with the camera.Kunka Loving the dog.
And loving the dog some more
And now she is the dog..
Lilly's turn. I can just read her thoughts. "You will hug me...And LIKE IT!!" Clyde is expressionless

The two serious faces.
The girls just love Clyde.

Water Park...

We had a really nice Saturday (7.14.07)
After going to Weight Watchers (I gained 1 pound)
and then doing hair,
the older girls and I met RuthAnn & Ross
and a few of their Kids at the little water park we like to go to.
Its fun for the kids and FREE.
We like free

Here are the girls eating Lunch while we wait for cousins to show up.

The Lone Water Princess. She couldn't wait to run through the water.

Finally the cousins came and we headed over to the river walk area.
Gracie (rock climber) , RuthAnn, Abby (small curly hair) Maggie (Tall thin with a pony)

The water was really nice and cool. Grace was a little scared to put her body in.
So she started with her Hand.Lilly just wasn't too sure of anything. She stayed by RuthAnn most of the time.Lilly Following RA

Abby found a cup and was having a blast in the walking stream.
Did I mention it was HOT!!

The kids found some little fish swimming in the water.
Here they are trying to catch them.
Gracie, Abby, Maggie, Ross (in blue), Joey and RuthAnn
Lilly is probably in front of RA

Brave Lilly Lilly finally got in the water with Joey and started looking for Fish.

"Look there is one right there."
Abby and RuthAnn playing in the water.
This park is pretty fun they have a big play ground..too hot to play on but big,
a water feature area and a walking stream you can play in.
Here is Joey with his face in the water and
The Princess in the back skipping through the water.
Catching Water in the cup
Lilly with her hat turned sideways
Lilly didn't like the water all that much.
She loves to swim but any kind of sudden water splashing isn't for her.A different view of Gracie catching water.
Yeah those are Huge Power lines.
They even hum over your head. Is that safe?? I don't know.

Dancing water
Catching Water
Laughing about the water funny.

Lilly was just so hot so she laid on Ross while he read his book.They got really brave and went to tackle the Hydrant.
Abby, Lilly and Grace
Abby getting hit by the water.
Drenched!

We ended the day with a really nice yummy BBQ at our house where the 4 boxers played.
It was a really nice weekend.
Thanks Ross & RuthAnn, Joey, Maggie and Abby for playing with us. We had a great time.