Jacob's Family Trip Comes To An End

Here are some more pictures of the family.

 

And this marks the end of Jacob's family's trip at our house. Fun times! Glad Ben could join us for the festivities! 

Stadium of Fire

Many months ago, way back when Glen and I thought we were going to be the only ones home over the 4th of July, we decided to buy tickets to Stadium of Fire. We also got a hotel close enough to the stadium that we could walk back and forth. That was a good idea before and it was a superb idea once again.

Even though plans changed with Jacob's family coming to town over the 4th and Ben coming home from Texas for the long weekend, Glen and I snuck (is that a word?) off by ourselves for an overnight getaway.

Because Glen is a member of the Cougar Club, we always get good tickets on the field a dozen or so rows from the stage.

It was quite relaxing sitting there--just the two of us--knowing that all the kids and grandkids were entertaining themselves at Jeff and Sarah's house eating a dutch oven meal, playing water games and going to see fireworks again. They were having fun. We were having fun!!

The program cover showing the guest performers.

Show starts with skydivers who always manage to land in the back half of the football field right on target.

Patti Austin was the narrator. She is somebody famous, but we don't know her.

 Cirque Du Soleil put on a performance.

I loved when the dancers were doing the slinky dance out on the field.

Carly Rae Jepsen did such a great job. She is a singer I didn't know much about, but after her performance, I really like her a lot now.

Kelly Clarkson is a singer I know even though I wasn't into American Idol the first season when she won. She did her whole performance wearing this fancy black dress and she was barefoot. I guess she likes singing better with no shoes on???

 The show ended with lots of fireworks.

We enjoyed our walk back to our hotel in the dark. It is a very nice way to avoid all the traffic. And we were in no rush to hurry home the next day because Jacob's family bounced back to Lagoon and took Ben with them.

3rd of July Dinner and Fireworks

It has always been a family favorite since moving here to go watch the fireworks on July 3rd at the golf course. Claire looked so cute in her patriotic outfit that day.

We fed the family dinner before heading up the hill.

The guys had hauled all the blankets and chairs up earlier so we got our favorite spot as usual. We were so happy Ben had come to town for the long weekend. Logan and Spencer really attached themselves to their Uncle Ben as will be evidenced later in the post. Here are some pictures of our fun time at the golf course.

Fun Independence Day celebration a day early.