4th of July weekend

-The weekend had a great start with a Temple session with some of the fam. Our nephew Steven was taking his endowments out for his upcoming mission to Washington.
It was so awesome and uplifting. We then went to Macayo's for a celebratory dinner.
-We have had our niece Eva sleep over the last several Friday nights so I can go for an early run on Saturday mornings. So that is how I started my 4th of July. A nice 8 mile run! I have improved my time quite a bit in the last month or so. It was so hot and humid though by the end at 7 am.
-The kids and I had planned on meeting some friends in Cedar City for the holiday, but last minute, we decided to stay home. We are moving this week, so I figured we better stay closer to home and get packed.

Here is a cute self timed photo of us before we headed out the door to celebrate at Uncle Kim's house. Cut my head off a little, but I still liked it. Darren was at work and met up with us later.

It was a small gathering compared to previous years. We were so excited the Coplin's came from Arizona this year. This was the only pic we got of Luke all day. He was so busy with Clay and Parker. They didn't even eat dinner till 11pm because they were so busy!

Riley wanted to be involved in the letting off of fireworks. Illegal ones I might add. I don't know where they came from ;) In years past, I might not have let this take place... It's amazing how much more laid back you become after having 4 kids.

She thinks she is a teenager, and the older cousins treat her as if she is. So she hung with Rachael most of the night.

Cole did so well. He was not afraid at all. He is a true Mecham! He kept trying to walk out to the street to help the guys out.

Luke was so busy with the guys, I really never saw him. I'm sure he did lots of fireworks.

Chloe was fine until we tried to get a picture of her. She was so over exhausted, so Aunt Machelle took her inside and let her watch Cinderella.

Cole and I joined her.

Darren hoped Ry would want to come in, but she stuck it out until the end.

Look at this cutie boy!!!

We stayed way too late and escaped when the dry ice bombs were being made.

I was such a fun time with the family though!

I already had a sub for my primary class, so we were bad and took advantage and got most of the house packed up yesterday. For those who don't know, we will be moving in with Darren's parents for a bit in hopes of getting a new house closer to the end of the year. Never a dull moment with us!!