Our time at Grandma and Grandpa Powell's house was definitely our busiest. The kids disappeared for the entire day playing in the ditch, jumping on the tramp and out of the swings, hunting turtles and skunks, and "helping" grandpa with all his projects out in the shop. By the time everyone came in for the night, they had big purple circles under their eyes and swore that they weren't tired and still had more to do before they went to bed.
Grandpa had moved the swingset out of the back yard to plant some pine trees. The grandkids all missed playing on that big swing set so they talked Grandpa into moving it to the front. I didn't realize moving the swing set involved the tractor. Next thing I knew Grandpa and Porter on his lap and they were driving that swing set around the backyard to test the different spots where it would work the best. Once the swing set was settled Grandpa let Porter drive the tractor back to the field. Porter was thrilled and I was scared to death which made Grandpa love it even more! I think he loves his bit of revenge on all the years I spent scaring him to death.
Amber has a reputation with the girls in the family. Anytime you need a little "Princess Time" she will always help you look your best. At 6:00 in the morning the girls all decided that they needed mani/pedis. So they hunted down Amber and pried her eyes open long enough to convince her to help them. Amber got out of bed and spent a good chunk of time helping them look their best. Not only did everyone get to choose their own colors, but they got to put stickers on as well. It was so awesome!
Growing up, we had a small ditch that ran the length of our driveway that we used to water the garden. Sometimes it would flood the driveway and we'd have a "pig party". We'd spend the day building mud pies, riding our bikes through the puddles and just enjoy the dirt. The irrigation ditch isn't there anymore, but Grandma Powell still understands the importance of dirt. Whenever the grandkids come over, Grandma will put the hose in the driveway so everyone can enjoy a good "pig party" just like old times.
We love that we get to spend the 4th of July in Idaho where it is MUCH cooler than Arizona. This year, it was a little too cool...You'll notice in the picture that the Arizona kids aren't the only ones in coats and wrapped in blankets. It was very windy and cold throughout the entire parade. The best part about the parades in Idaho is that they still throw candy and let the kids stand in the streets. In AZ they won't let us do that anymore due to the risks involved. It's nice to have a small town to go enjoy the fun things in life.
Speaking of enjoying things in a small town...we bought some simple fireworks for the kids to play with and all the dads kept taking them and setting them off. We wasted quite a few fireworks throwing them in the ditch. For some reason these brilliant men thought they could light a firecracker and throw it in the ditch and have it blow up underwater...it didn't work so well. We ended up having to take away all the firecrackers from the big boys and let the kids have a turn playing with them.
Of course no 4th of July celebration is complete without a bbq and rides on the 4 wheeler!
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