The Waggoner Family: July 2008

For the 4th of July Charlotte and I decided to be brave and take the kids to Heber without our husbands. Brian was on call and couldn't be that far away from the mountain and Shane had to work. Looking back I really think we must have been crazy. Mom and Dad were up there to help us once we made it to Heber. However the drive was a little crazy. With Shaela, Jaxin and Jerrit all in one car for 4 hours straight was definitely an interesting ordeal. We all had tons of fun, at the parade we all got soaked and Jerrit is such a funny little boy he kept us all entertained. We went to the ball fields to watch the fireworks. My moms cousin Steve thought it was a good idea to buy all the kids light up swords. I am not so sure that was one of his better ideas, but luckily no one got hurt by the swinging swords. The worst part of the trip was on the way home. We left Heber and just as we got into the mountains on the way to Payson it was bumper to bumper traffic. I thought there was an accident but there wasn't one. It was just all the people trying to get back to the valley after the weekend in the mountains. What would normally take about 45 min from Heber to Payson took us 2 hours. So it made the trip be 6 hours instead of 4. Lucky for us Mom & Dad took the kids in their truck from Roosevelt Lake the rest of the way home. All in all we had a great weekend. Thanks Aunt Kathy and Uncle Gene for letting us stay in your yard.

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