4th of July in Tridell!

We went for the weekend to Tridell, Utah. It is near Vernal if you know where that is. It is a small town and very quiet compared to where we live. Lance's cousins David and Edna live there and we went with one of his brothers and his parents. Two of David and Edna's kids came too so we had quite a group! They live on a farm with horses and are the two nicest people you will ever meet! They have a huge piece of property so you are pretty far away from any other houses. Much different than our neighborhood where you can watch the neighbors eat dinner if you want to!! We went 4 wheeling, ate lots of food, watched movies, went 4 wheeling, ate lots of food, watched movies... (you can see the pattern)! It was lots of fun!! I think I am going to have to go to the gym everyday this week to make up for it!!!!

We have never really been into riding ATVs but after this weekend Lance is considering buying a Rhino we had so much fun (I think his brother would pass out in shock because he has been trying to talk him into it for so long)! If you don't know, a Rhino is like a little jeep with a backseat and seat belts! That is my favorite part because on a regular 4 wheeler you don't have seat belts. I feel like it is a little safer for the kids and our whole family can fit in one which you can't do with the other. We couldn't keep Cayden off of them, if he even heard someone discussing the 4 wheelers his attention was all towards them because he was afraid that he was going to get left. I think if we would have let him (and if he was a little bigger of course to be able to) he would have driven one himself!! So we have one child we can't keep off of the 4 wheelers and then we have one who is scared to death that we are going to go on a big hill! In the end everyone had fun and we only had a little crying!

Carlie and Cayden even made two new friends, Gracie and Chloe. They were the cutest little things. They kept entertained by chasing them around the house and holding them. They were cute enough to think about getting one for 5 minutes! The kids surprisingly loved playing with them, I think it was because they were so little. Usually my kids are scared of dogs. They played with them the whole weekend and even picked them up and carried them around the house like a little baby! I think Gracie and Chloe got so spoiled over the weekend between my two kids and the cousins that they are going to have a hard time when they get home!

For the 4th of July we rode the 4 wheelers all day (as you know by now we did this a lot, in Lance's family that is all you do when you go to Tridell so if you don't want to do that it is a pretty boring and long weekend)! That night we did fireworks. The cousins are really into the big ones that we don't dare to buy! There was a couple times where you were hoping the hay wasn't going to catch on fire or the barn!! It was fun though and the kids loved doing sparklers!

We went to the mountains on Saturday and rode the 4 wheelers all afternoon on a really rocky trail! It was nice because it was overcast most of the time so it didn't get as hot as it normally would have been. The kids loved it and I guess it wasn't bumpy enough because Cayden fell asleep on the way back to the cars! I couldn't believe how someone could fall asleep on that ride (it was that bumpy)!! Lance's cousins said that someone always does. I guess that is a new way to get your kid to sleep if you are wanting a new idea! Just sit in the backseat of a Rhino (it is extra bumpy that way)!!

It was hard to come home everyone had such a good time! We can't wait to go back again and everyone is making bets on whether we will come back with our own Rhino next time!! I don't know if everyone talked him into it or not yet (they tried at least)!!