Paul's Television Debut

I took the kids to Liberty Park yesterday. Soon after we got there and were eating lunch at a picnic table a guy with a large video camera introduced himself and asked, "Are these yours?"I wittingly responded with, "The kids? Um, yes they are."He asked if he could interview the boys for a story about the Odd Fellows Hall auction. At first they refused, but he said they would only have to answer a couple questions. Pretty soon Paul was looking into the camera with a microphone clipped on his shirt. I was proud of him for being brave--he has a tendency to be very shy. The interview went like this:
Matt: Do you call ever call people names?
Paul: Sometimes.
Matt: Is it nice to call people names?
Paul: No.
Matt: Why not?
Paul: Because it's mean.
Here's the video for your viewing pleasure. We popped popcorn and had several neighborhood kids over for his 6:00 news premiere.

4th of July

Saturday we went to the Granite community breakfast and parade--the kids loved it so much that they had their own parade with the neighborhood kids a few days later. We enjoyed perfect weather with temperatures in the upper 70s. For dinner we celebrated our niece Addison's birthday. Then it was home for baths, pop-its, sparklers, a fire, and fireworks shows from afar. We had great fun with my brother Carl in town and mostly just enjoyed time as a family, except that Jer had three emergency calls over the long weekend. It's then that I wish we lived closer. The highlight of the weekend for the kids was candy for sure.

at the parade

audrey's first sucker

with their friend Taylor

Happy 4th of July!