Spanish Fork Retirement of the Flag Ceremony

Today we went down to Spanish Fork, Utah and met up with Lito and Lita Acosta for a Retirement of the Flag Ceremony.  It was hot, but a lot of fun and something that I wanted the kids to learn about.  It definitely was a good learning experience for Hans, he was the only one that really paid attention. First they retired a huge flag and then they had all the scouts form lines with other flags to burn.  It was so cool to see.  

4th of July 2012

Waiting for the parade to start

My attempt to create a star on her head

Gabi asking silly

One of the best floats there Go BYU!

Lito and Liesl falling asleep after lunch

Hans playing a game we got in Bolivia called Sapo

Gabi getting sticky

Hans and Liesl playing a paddle game

Liesls favorite float because of the princesses

Today we celebrated the 4th of July with Lito and Lita.  It was so much to have them here this year.  We got up early and met them at the parade that is held every year in Provo, Ut.  After enjoying the parade we went to their house and had lunch, relaxed and played some games. 

Utah Fires

This is smoke from the mountain behind our home in Alpine

We have had a really dry summer and there have been a lot of fires throughout Utah, but one that happened was close to our home and we could see the smoke very well from our home.  It is sad to see these fires because a lot of people and nature was affected.