July 25, 2012

Pioneer Day Parade - Monroe, UT


For those of you not in-the-know, Pioneer Day is a Utah State holiday which celebrates the Pioneers and the struggles they faced in their travels westward.

Monroe puts on a great celebration during Pioneer Days with all kinds of events including a parade, kids games, food, and rides!





July 23, 2012

Potter's Pond...Fairview Canyon


During Pioneer Days, my mom and Dave went camping up at Potter's Pond in Fairview Canyon. I had never been up there, so Melanie, Ethan, and I decided to go for a drive to visit them.

We kinda got lost driving around up there, but we got to see quite a bit of the canyon. Here are some of the shots we took.





July 21, 2012

Fairview Rodeo

 

Every year, as part of the Pioneer Day celebrations, the town of Fairvew hosts a pretty good rodeo. We have been going for the past several years now, and it is always great fun.

This year was a little more exciting for Ethan, since he is at the age where he is a little more aware of what was going on.  He loved watching the horses and bull-riders, but his favorite thing to watch was the tractor that came out after each event to even out the dirt!







July 14, 2012

Helicopter!

How cool is this? Melanie went on a trip up north with her mom to get some papers signed at the doctor. While they were waiting they saw one of the life-flight helicopters and took Ethan to look at it. He loves "airpanes" and "helicoppers", so this was a huge deal for him.  Well, as they were looking at it, one of the pilots came out and asked Melanie if she had a camera on her!




July 4, 2012

4th of July!


We celebrated the 4th of July this year between Moroni and Manti. Ethan got to go to 2 parades, had lunch and played with his cousins at Grandma Dixie's, and got to watch fireworks from the football field in Manti. Ethan is now a professional at "catchin candy" at the parades!