July 4,2009 with the Barkers

Mom,dad and I went to Roy for the 4th of July. We visited the George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park with Brian, Sarah, Tadden, Wes & Maddison. Wes and Grandpa slept in the car while the rest of us walked throught the park. When Wes woke up Grandpa brought him into the park and we ate lunch and the kids played on the swings and slides. After a while of playing we took Wes and Grandpa on a quick tour of the outside of the park. We then went in to the indoor portion and saw moving Dinosaurs. The kids weren't really too excited about this but it was neat to see. We looked at some rocks and old weapons; Tadden pointed them out to us.

After the Dinosaur Park we headed back home to Brian and Sarah's house. Later that evening we went to Brett and LaDonn's house for a BBQ with Mark & Danielle and Tim & his wife. The kids had a good time jumping on the tramp while the adults visited.

While at Brian and Sarah's house we filled up a ton of water balloons and the boys played with them. Tadden started diving in the small pool in the front yard and that became a game. Wes even decided to jump in after a while. We all had a good time laughing at the boys.

Brian and the boys came down to help dad on the Stack Yard fence. Tadden and Wes were good helpers. We gave them each a hammer and some nails and they took care of the boards we gave them. It kept them busy and out of the way while we worked. I think they had a good time.

Brian, Sarah, Tadden, Wes and Maddison came down in July as well. While they were here we went to Grandma Doris and Grandpa Dan's house and rode the horses. Tadden wanted to ride a "bucking" horse. When he got on Smokey he wasn't so sure he wanted to ride that bucking horse. He said, "MMMMM... Aunt Randa, I don't think I want to ride a bucking horse, I'm kinda scared." It was cute. So Brian took both of the boys out behind Grandma's house and when Tadden got a little more confidence built up Brian started going up and down hills and through gullies. Well you guessed it.... That dang horse "bucked" him off. =) Really he fell off. But when he came to tell me about it he was absoultly positive that horse had bucked him off. Wes just enjoyed short rides and helped me cary my saddle back to the truck. When he got tired, he decided to take a quick rest.